War Memorial

SP 03 SW WINCHCOMBE THE STREET, GRETTON (south side) 1/197 War Memorial - - II

Fountain, modified to become memorial. 1883 and 1918. Limestone, enclosing walls replaced in artificial stone, and paving plain concrete slab. A quad- rilobed fountain with stubby quadrilobe column base to stiff leaf and ball flower caps set in basin with round edge top and cavetto base; this later capped by square obelisk brought to square plinth with high relief moulded decoration. The whole set on concrete octagonal base, and in enclosure walled with artificial stone, faced at street two rock-faced stone piers to cross gabled round-headed caps and chamfered case: the cap stones also repeated in six other points round top of wall. Enclosure formerly railed. Set in back wall a rectangular stone panel with inscription: This fountain was/erected in December 1883/by/Col The Honourable/E Lc W Forester/for/the benefit of the/poor of Gretton. The obelisk also bears the names of those in the parish who fell in the Great War.

Listing NGR: SP0109130345

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.