Hasketon War Memorial

First World War memorial, 1919, with Second World War additions. It was designed and built by AC Stephenson of Woodbridge.

MATERIAL: Portland stone.

DESCRIPTION: Hasketon War Memorial stands in a prominent roadside position at the junction of Blacksmiths Road and Church Road.

The memorial stands 2.7m high and comprises a Celtic wheel-head cross atop a shaft which tapers in rectangular section from a trapezoidal plinth, the whole standing on a two-stepped base. The shaft, arms and wheel of the cross are decorated with elaborately carved knotwork.

The main inscription is in incised and black-painted lettering on the west face of the plinth and reads: THIS MONUMENT / IS ERECTED IN / PROUD AND GRATEFUL / REMEMBRANCE OF / HASKETON HEROES / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1919, while the top step of the base is inscribed: 1939 - 1945. The names of the 26 soldiers who died in the First World War are inscribed on the plinth's north and south faces, while the three names of the Second World War dead are inscribed on the top step of the base.

The late-C20 iron railings enclosing the war memorial are not of special interest and are therefore excluded from the listing.