Caston War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 2017. War memorial.
Caston War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- fossil-crypt-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
MATERIALS: grey Aberdeen granite.
DESCRIPTION: Caston War Memorial is located towards the northern part of a green at the centre of the village, at the junction of The Street and Stow Bedon Road, Caston, Norfolk. It comprises a stylised Celtic wheel-headed cross with knot-work relief carvings set upon a tapering shaft and a tapering four-sided plinth bearing inscriptions, atop a two-stepped base. The granite memorial is set upon a wider two-stepped base of concrete. Four moulded four-sided posts stand at the corners of the lowest and outermost step of the concrete base.
The inscription is carved in relief and reads: AUG. 4TH 1914 - NOV. 11TH 1918/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)// 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES).
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