Mousehole Cenotaph is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 2016. Cenotaph. 1 related planning application.
Mousehole Cenotaph
- WRENN ID
- quiet-porch-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 2016
- Type
- Cenotaph
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This List entry has been amended to add sources for further reading (13/12/2016)
The memorial stands in a commanding position at the centre of the western arc of the harbour wall (Grade II*-listed), standing on a buttress above a slipway. Of grey granite, quarried nearby in the hamlet of Sheffield, it comprises a tapering obelisk, rectangular on plan, with a carved laurel wreath decorating its top stage. A simple representation of a cenotaph surmounts the obelisk. The memorial has a heavy base with vertical fluting and a carved laurel wreath on each face.
Inscribed on the front face of the obelisk is TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ THE THIRTY-SIX/ WHO MADE THE/ SUPREME SACRIFICE/ AND OF ALL THOSE/ WHO SERVED IN/ THE GREAT WAR/1914-1919/ ALSO/ IN REMEMBRANCE/ OF THOSE WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES AND THOSE/ WHO SERVED IN/ 1939-1945.
Two low granite pillars linked by a chain stand to the front of the cenotaph.
Detailed Attributes
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