Swardeston War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 2017. War memorial.

Swardeston War Memorial

WRENN ID: long-foundation-foxglove
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: South Norfolk
Country: England
Date first listed: 11 January 2017
Type: War memorial
Source: Historic England listing

Description

First World War memorial, erected c1920.

MATERIALS: of rock-faced granite.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands on a small green adjacent to the lych gate at the entrance to the Church of St Mary. It comprises a single-step base, a roughly trapezoidal plinth and a tall shaft which tapers in rectangular section to a Celtic wheel-head cross bearing the relief carving of a sword with its blade pointing downwards. The E face of the plinth is inscribed PRO PATRIA / [Names] / 1914 - 1919.

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