Hartfield War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 June 2016. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Hartfield War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- dusk-landing-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wealden
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 June 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
MATERIALS: stone plinth and cross shaft, metal cross.
DESCRIPTION: Hartfield War Memorial is located on the east side High Street in close proximity to a number of listed buildings including The Hay Wagon Inn and the Village Water Pump (both Grade II-listed). It comprises a stone three-stepped base surmounted by a plinth, tall shaft and hemisphere, from which rises a small metal cross. The front face of the cross bears a reversed sword.
The principal dedicatory inscription on the front face of the shaft reads TO THE/ GLORIOUS/ DEAD OF/ HARTFIELD. Names are incised into the faces of the plinth and into the risers of the top step of the base. A stone to the front of the memorial bears the dates 1939 – 1945 on the top, with 13 Second World War names incised into the front face.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: the memorial is enclosed by timber posts carrying a chain.
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 1 December 2016.
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