War Memorial Seat is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1987. War memorial.

War Memorial Seat

WRENN ID
twelfth-plinth-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Devon
Country
England
Date first listed
7 December 1987
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SS 91 NW WASHFIELD WASHFIELD

9/210 War Memorial Seat

II

First World War Memorial in the form of a shelter with a seat inside. Circa 1918. Stone rubble with slate roof, hipped at ends. Shelter rectangular on plan and open-fronted with a central entrance between 2 chamfered timber posts on low stone rubble walls. The posts and sections of wall which return on the front elevation support on timber wallplate inscribed 'For God, For King, For Country. To Commemorate the Great War 1914-18'. Granite inscription tablet, the lettering very worn, set into wall on front at right. An unusual village war memorial set on a small green in front of the disused schoolhouse.

Listing NGR: SS9363715361

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, 8 December 2016.

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