Rugby School War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Rugby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 2015. War memorial.
Rugby School War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tangled-jamb-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rugby
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 January 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A memorial cross, of 1920, designed by Sir Charles Nicholson.
MATERIALS: of Clipsham stone, hexagonal in section with a lantern head, shaft, plinth and stepped platform.
DESCRIPTION: the head is in the form of a lantern, with alternating openings and closed panels which have a cross motif superimposed. All have moulded, ogee heads and gablets. Above this, the monument is crowned by a crocketed pinnacle. The shaft is gradually tapered and has a moulded base with broaches. The plinth has a cavetto moulding to the top and a chamfered base. To its south side is inscribed ‘IN REMEMBRANCE / OF OUR DEAD / 1914 – 1919 / THEIR NAMES ARE RECORDED / IN THE MEMORIAL CHAPEL’. Below this the plinth has four hexagonal steps.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 17 January 2017.
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