Bourton-on-the-Water War Memorial including gated enclosure is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Bourton-on-the-Water War Memorial including gated enclosure
- WRENN ID
- late-shingle-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bourton-on-the-Water War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, with later additions for the Second World War. It is situated on the green beside the River Windrush, at the junction of High Street and Sherborne Street, near several Grade II-listed buildings.
The memorial features a tall stone Latin cross that rises from a moulded collar on a tapering octagonal shaft, which is set on an octagonal plinth. The base of the cross shaft is adorned with low relief carvings. The plinth is supported by a four-stepped square base. Surrounding the memorial is a square kerbed and gated enclosure, with a chain suspended on low stone posts.
Metal plaques on the plinth display the names of those who fell in both World Wars. The main dedicatory inscription on the front (north-east) face of the plinth reads: "1914 1918/ 1939 1945/ TO THOSE OF THIS VILLAGE/ WHO MADE THE SACRIFICE/ FOR PEACE/ SONS OF THIS PLACE LET/ THIS OF YOU BE SAID,/ THAT YOU WHO LIVE ARE/ WORTHY OF THE DEAD./ THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT/ YOU WHO LIVE MAY REAP/ A RICHER HARVEST ERE/ YOU FALL ASLEEP." A wreath is depicted on the plaque between the start and end dates of each conflict.
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