Hampton in Arden War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Solihull local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 2017. War memorial.

Hampton in Arden War Memorial

WRENN ID
old-gravel-sedge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Solihull
Country
England
Date first listed
16 August 2017
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

First World War memorial, 1921, with later additions for the Second World War.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial is located at the junction of High Street and Shadowbrook Lane.

Constructed of Portland stone, the memorial takes the form a Latin cross with tapering, hexagonal shaft and splayed base. The cross has a cross patée symbol incised at the centre. The shaft rises from a hexagonal plinth with moulded top, surmounting a four-stepped hexagonal base. Three rectangular blocks, regularly spaced around the memorial, adjoin the top step of the base and cut into the step below. The whole is raised up upon a hexagonal stone platform.

The principal inscription is to the front (south) face of the plinth and reads: TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF/ HAMPTON IN ARDEN/ WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE CAUSE OF/ FREEDOM. The symbol of a cross is incised beneath the inscription. The names are to the adjoining faces; 12 to the left face and 11 to the right face, which also has the letters RIP below the names. All lettering to the plinth is incised.

Below the principal inscription is a rectangular block with the dates 1914 - 1918 carved in relief. Directly beneath, to the third step down, is an incised inscription: SONS OF THIS PLACE - LET THIS OF YOU BE SAID/ THAT YOU WHO LIVE ARE WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD.

The bottom step has the dates 1939 – 1945 carved in relief with one name incised beneath.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: The memorial is on a sloping site; this is mitigated by the memorial’s position atop a raised grassed area with irregular-coursed stone retaining walls that decrease in height to form a level area.

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