Cockshutt War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 2019. War memorial. 4 related planning applications.
Cockshutt War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- bitter-spindle-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 May 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cockshutt War Memorial is a war memorial cross built in 1920, located within the churchyard of SS Simon and Jude, approximately 30 meters south of the church and near the boundary with Shrewsbury Road.
Constructed from Cornish grey granite, the memorial features a Celtic wheel cross with a tapering rectangular shaft. It stands on a two-stepped square base with chamfered corners and a two-stepped square plinth. The head of the cross is adorned with relief moulded knot-work in the arms and a domed circular center.
The main inscription, made with applied lettering, reads: ‘WHO DIES IF / ENGLAND LIVES / TO / THE GLORIOUS / MEMORY OF THE / MEN OF THIS / PARISH WHO LAID / DOWN THEIR LIVES / IN A / RIGHTEOUS WAR / 1914-1918’, followed by the names of 15 fallen soldiers.
At the base of the memorial, there is a polished granite table that bears the inscription ‘IN MEMORIAM / 1939-1945’, listing the names of seven soldiers who fell during the Second World War, along with the phrase ‘GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN / THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE / FOR HIS FRIENDS’.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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