Black Torrington War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 2017. War memorial.
Black Torrington War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- western-cobalt-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 December 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A First World War memorial, built in 1920; altered after the Second World War.
MATERIALS: granite.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial consists of a rough-hewn Latin cross, set on tapering shaft, which terminates in a tapering square plinth on a two stepped base.
The inscriptions are on recessed panels on the face of the plinth. The main inscription on the front face reads: IN MEMORY OF/ THOSE FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919/ (NAMES). The side face is inscribed: 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES).
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: the memorial stands on a green, with shallow steps bounded by rounded-topped edging stones leading up to it. The edge of the green is delineated by tapering, square-section pylons joined by metal link fencing; the entrance to the green, at the foot of the steps, is a gateway with larger versions of the pylons as piers, and a wrought-iron pedestrian gate.
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