War Memorial About 20 Metres North Of Church Of St. Peter is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1991. War memorial.
War Memorial About 20 Metres North Of Church Of St. Peter
- WRENN ID
- gentle-passage-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1991
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
STOKE FLEMING CHURCH ROAD SX84NE STOKE FLEMING 6/154 War memorial about 20 metres North of Church of St.Peter
GV II
Cross re-erected as First World War memorial. Probably C15 cross, re- erected in 1920. Tall granite monolith about 2 metres high with octagonal tapered shaft with pyramid stops at the base and the short octagonal arms have an arris moulding; one of the arms has been replaced. It is set on a stepped granite base with lead lettering naming those who died in the First and Second World Wars. The cross, which was probably a wayside cross was formerly used as a gate- post before it was set up as a memorial. It is said to bear the marks of bomb damage from an air-raid of December 17th 1942. Sources Kelly's Directory 1939 and the church guide.
Listing NGR: SX8618948338
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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