Castle Acre and Newton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 2016. War memorial.
Castle Acre and Newton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- roaming-bonework-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
MATERIALS: rough-hewn granite.
DESCRIPTION: Castle Acre and Newton War Memorial is located within the churchyard of St James the Great Church. It consists of a wheel-head cross with a Sword of Sacrifice carved in relief on its front face. The cross is set upon a tapering shaft which rises from a trapezoid-shaped plinth. The whole stands on a two-stepped base.
The plinth of the memorial has had smooth granite plaques attached to it at a later date. The plaques carry the names of the fallen from the First World War. That on the front face reads: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF CASTLE ACRE/ AND NEWTON/ WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WARS/ 1914 – 1918 1939 – 1945. Underneath is 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)/ MAY THEY REST IN PEACE.
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