Horstead War Memorial

First World War memorial, 1921, with Second World War additions.

DESCRIPTION: Horstead War Memorial is located on the village green at the junction of Norwich Road and Mill Road. To the north of the memorial is the Grade II-listed Recruiting Sergeant Inn.

It is of limestone and takes the form of a Latin cross bottonée beneath a gabled canopy. The cross-head has a cusp to each angle with ornamental rays between. This crowns a slender octagonal shaft with decorative collar bearing floral motif carvings in relief; the shaft terminates in a square base with inverse chamfered stops. This rises from a four-sided plinth which is chamfered to the top and corner edges, with inverse chamfered stops to the corners. The plinth has a four-sided chamfered foot, which surmounts a two-stepped octagonal base.

The principal inscription is to the west face of the plinth and reads, TO THE MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF/ HORSTEAD/ WHO DIED FOR/ KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ MAY THEY REST IN PEACE. The 17 names are listed on the remaining sides of the plinth.

The Second World War dedication is to the west face of the plinth foot, directly below the principal inscription. This consists of the two names of the men who died between the dates 1939 and 1945.

All lettering is incised and painted black.