War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 2001. War memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- lost-beam-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 November 2001
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
WEM RURAL
1581/0/10004 HIGH STREET 08-NOV-01 Wem (South side) War Memorial
GV II
First World War memorial. Circa early 1920s. Portland stone. In form a Medieval preaching cross. Octagonal on plan, with a 4-tier stepped base on which stands a crenellated pedestal with a smaller moulded pedestal on top and a slender tapered octagonal shaft supporting a Latin cross, carved with a shield, coronet and foliage. On the main pedestal and stepped base there are slate plaques inscribed with the names of those killed in the First and Second World Wars. A good example of a First World War memorial situated on a prominent site in the churchyard of the parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, in the town centre.
Listing NGR: SJ5123828881
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 19 January 2017.
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