Monk Sherborne War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Basingstoke and Deane local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 2019. War memorial.
Monk Sherborne War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- pitched-rotunda-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Monk Sherborne War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was unveiled in 1923. The designer is currently unknown, and the names of those who fell in the Second World War were added later.
Made of Portland stone, the memorial is situated on a traffic island at the junction of Salters Heath Road and Monk Sherborne Road. It features a wheel cross with Celtic knot decoration on a tapering rectangular shaft that has a moulded capital. This shaft is mounted on a tapering plinth set on an octagonal base. At the top of the shaft, a carved scroll displays the legend ‘IN MEMORIAM’ in relief. The front face of the plinth has the inscription ‘GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS’. The names of the fallen are inscribed on the shaft, listing eight names from the First World War, followed by the date 1939-1945 and four names from the Second World War.
Surrounding the memorial is a low metal fence with gilded pineapple finials on the corner posts, which was installed in 2002. However, this metal fence is not considered to have special architectural or historic interest.
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