Sheepstor War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 2019. War memorial.
Sheepstor War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- distant-flint-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A First World War memorial, unveiled in 1920 and altered following the Second World War.
MATERIALS: the memorial is made of granite quarried within Sheepstor parish with slate panels.
PLAN: the memorial stands in the churchyard at St Leonard's Church, a short distance from the Andrew headstone and the Brooke monuments.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial comprises a rough-hewn plain Latin cross on a tapering square plinth with a two-stepped square base. It is carved from pale grey granite.
The main inscription is in incised lettering on a recessed slate panel on the eastern face of the plinth, and reads:
IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)/ OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING AND/ COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-19/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT/ A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/ ST JOHN 15 V. 13
A further inscription in incised letter on a recessed slate panel on the western face of the plinth reads:
1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)/ OF THIS PARISH.
Detailed Attributes
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