War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1988. War memorial.

War Memorial

WRENN ID: secret-facade-weasel
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Stroud
Country: England
Date first listed: 24 March 1988
Type: War memorial
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SO 8600-8700 MINCHINHAMPTON MARKET SQUARE, Minchinhampton Town

19/275 War Memorial

War memorial. 1919 by Sidney Barnsley. Limestone. Octagonal stepped base to high octagonal pedestal. Octagonal shaft with Celtic cross. Delicate floral carving to cross. Fine carved inscription in serif capitals on pedestal, carried round all sides. 'IN MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR & AS A THANKSGIVING TO GOD FOR THEIR COMRADES WHOSE LIVES WERE SPARED. THIS CROSS IN GRATITUDE WAS SET UP BY THEIR FELLOW TOWNSMEN AD 1919'. The whole memorial is to a simple, although elegantly proportioned, design typical of Barnsley's furniture. (Illustrated in M. Comino, Gimson and the Barnsleys, 1980; D. Verey, Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds, 1979)

Listing NGR: SO8723800757

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, 10 January 2017.

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