Buckland Newton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 2015. Memorial.
Buckland Newton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sheer-lintel-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 July 2015
- Type
- Memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The memorial stands in the churchyard of the Church of the Holy Rood (Grade I-listed), close to the entrance gate and in front of the church tower. It is a rough-hewn granite Celtic cross with a plain wheel-head, approximately 2m tall. A reversed sword is carved in relief on the front face of the cross. The cross shaft stands on a simple plinth, that stands on a square base set at ground level. The plinth bears the inscriptions in dressed panels, in applied metal lettering:
(north-west face) THIS CROSS HAS BEEN ERECTED/ BY THE INHABITANTS OF BUCKLAND NEWTON/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 (15 NAMES)
(south-west face) 1939-1945 (3 NAMES)/ 1914-1918./ (1 NAME)
Detailed Attributes
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