Stutton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 2020. War memorial.
Stutton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sunken-gable-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 2020
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War memorial, unveiled in 1920, with Second World War additions.
A large boulder inscribed with the names of the fallen and placed alongside the memorial cross in 2017 is excluded from the listing.
MATERIALS: of rough-hewn Cornish granite.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial, which stands in a paved and hedged enclosure on the north side of Manningtree Road, takes the form of a Celtic wheel-head cross atop a tall shaft that tapers in rectangular section from a three-stepped octagonal base. Its head is carved with elaborate interlacing.
The First World War dedication is in leaded lettering across three polished faces of the base's second step and reads: THIS CROSS IS ERECTED / TO COMMEMORATE / ALL THOSE WHO / WITH LOYAL HEARTS / LEFT THEIR HOMES / AND WENT FORTH / FROM THIS VILLAGE / TO FACE DEATH / AND ENDURE HARDSHIP / IN A RIGHTEOUS / CAUSE, / 1914-1919.
The south face of the bottom step also bears the Second World War dedication which reads: ALSO THOSE WHO SERVED / 1939-1945'.
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