Hopton Green War Memorial

A war memorial cross of 1921 date, constructed to the design of P.B. Tubbs.

MATERIALS: constructed of stone, probably above a concrete raft.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial is a freestanding cross with a fluted column and lantern finial with foliate mouldings. It stands on an octagonal, capped plinth with dedication and names, above an octagonal two-stepped base, and on a large six-stepped platform built into a steep embankment on the village green. The steps are to the east, south and west, and to the north the memorial is set close to road level, with two shallow steps down from the curb. There are further steps, dry-stone garden walling and a steel hand rail, all of later date, to the southern approach. Only cross and its base are of special interest.

The south face of the plinth is inscribed: IN EVERY GRATEFUL/ REMEMBRANCE/ OF THE MEN OF/ CAM WHO FELL/ IN THE WAR/ 1914-1918. The other faces are inscribed with the names of the fallen (42 NAMES). The south faces of the upper step of the plinth are inscribed: THEY WERE A WALL BOTH BY NIGHT AND BY DAY.

The faces of the square bottom of the shaft, below broach stops, are inscribed: 1939-1945/ WAR (16 NAMES). The north-west face of the upper plinth face is inscribed: REFURBISHED BY/ CAM PARISH AND STROUD/ DISTRICT COUNCILS/ NOVEMBER 1996. A bronze plaque to Martin Lamb, who fell in Afghanistan in 2011, is attached to the face to the north.

• Pursuant to s.1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’) it is declared that these aforementioned features are not of special architectural or historic interest.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 10 January 2017.