Shute War Memorial

First World War memorial. Erected circa 1920, with further inscriptions added later.

MATERIALS: carved from granite.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands at a crossroads near the centre of Shute. It is opposite the Grade I listed C16 gatehouse to Shute Barton medieval manor house at the south and the Grade II listed C18 cottages of Beagle’s Row at the north. The memorial comprises a rough-hewn granite cross with Celtic head on a tapering shaft that rises from a trapezoidal granite plinth. The front of the plinth is inscribed TO/ THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF SHUTE/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918. Six names are inscribed beneath it. The plinth rests on a square concrete base, itself set in concrete. It is inscribed AND IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945 followed by one name. A rubble-stone wall encloses the memorial, which reduces to a dwarf wall at the south where there is an entrance approached by three steps.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 7 December 2016.