Smeeth War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 2017. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Smeeth War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-roof-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Smeeth War Memorial was unveiled in 1919 and designed by the sculptor F J Russell. It is a granite stone monument with an affixed bronze plaque, featuring a square plan-form.
The memorial is located approximately 50 meters south-west of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, on an elevated plot overlooking Church Road. The roughly-hewn granite monument stands about three meters tall and consists of a Celtic wheel cross head on a square tapered plinth, which is set upon a chamfered base. The plinth has an incised inscription on its front that reads: ‘IN MEMORY AND IN HONOUR OF / (Names) / MEN OF SMEETH WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918’. In front of the memorial is a granite flower container. A bronze plaque, which reads '1939-1945 / (names)', was added to the cross shaft in November 1947 to commemorate those who fell in the Second World War.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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