War Memorial at St Michael's Church is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 April 2021. Memorial.
War Memorial at St Michael's Church
- WRENN ID
- fading-keystone-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 April 2021
- Type
- Memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
War memorial incorporating a C15 lantern cross, unveiled in 1920, dedicated to the fallen of the First World War.
MATERIALS: the memorial is crafted from limestone.
DESCRIPTION: it takes the form of an ornately-carved lantern cross on a square-plan shaft and plinth, and two-tier octagonal-plan base. The lantern has Gothic ornament including crocketed pinnacles and blind cinquefoil arcades; the west elevation of the lantern features a scene of the crucifixion, with Christ flanked by the Blessed Virgin and St John. The shaft and plinth are chamfered, and the west elevation of the plinth is inscribed: ‘IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF MEN OF/ THIS PARISH AND CONGREGATION/ WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919/ RIP/ LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT THAT/ THEIR NAMES ARE NOT FORGOTTEN.’
The memorial stands within the churchyard of the Church of St Michael (Grade I).
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