Alvediston War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 2016. War memorial.
Alvediston War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- long-cloister-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
DESCRIPTION: the c4m high war memorial stands within a small enclosure defined by a yew hedge, on the roadside behind a low iron fence. The memorial itself comprises a wheel-head cross of Chilmark stone set on a square plinth and a two-stepped base. The plinth is inscribed IN MEMORY/ OF/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919 with, on the front face of the step below SERVED/ (7 NAMES). The names of those three men who fell during the Second World War are inscribed upon the front face of the cross-shaft itself.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: two timber posts in the verge protect the memorial from the road. These are not of special interest.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 16 December 2016.
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