Monk Sherborne War Memorial

First World War memorial, unveiled in 1923. The designer is not currently known. The names of the fallen of the Second World War were subsequently added.

MATERIALS: Portland stone.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial is located on a traffic island at the junction of Salters Heath Road and Monk Sherborne Road. It consists of a wheel cross with Celtic knot decoration on a tapering rectangular shaft with a moulded capital. This is mounted on a tapering plinth set on an octagonal base. A carved scroll at the top of the shaft bears the legend ‘IN MEMORIAM’ in relief. The front face of the plinth bears the inscription ‘GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS’. The names of the fallen are inscribed on the shaft with the eight names from the First World War followed by the date 1939-1945 and the four names from the Second World War.

The memorial is surrounded by a low metal fence* with gilded pineapple finials to the corner posts, installed in 2002.

• Pursuant to s1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’) it is declared that the metal fence is not of special architectural or historic interest.