Ivybridge War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 2019. War memorial.
Ivybridge War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- shifting-sentry-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 August 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War memorial, of 1922, with later additions for the Second World War.
MATERIALS: constructed from grey granite.
PLAN: the memorial stands at the junction of Fore Street and Erme Road, facing south.
DESCRIPTION: a Latin cross rising from a slim pedestal, set at the centre of a curved screen wall. The screen has recessed panels bearing inscriptions, and a pedimented pier at either end.
The pedestal, inscribed with applied lead lettering, reads ‘IN HONOUR / OF THE MEN OF IVYBRIDGE / WHO MADE THE / SUPREME SACRIFICE / FOR THEIR / COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918’. The names of the 44 fallen from the First World War are recorded on the recessed panels on the wall of the memorial. The south faces of both piers list thirteen names each, under the dedication ‘1939-1945’.
The memorial stands on a paved area with a dwarf post and chain fence.
Detailed Attributes
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