Ashburton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 2018. War memorial.
Ashburton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- third-jamb-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A First World War memorial dating from 1921, altered following the Second World War.
MATERIALS: granite.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial takes the form of a plain Latin cross with chamfered edges. It has a tapering shaft and stands atop a square plinth with a three-stepped, octagonal base.
The plinth and base have plaques bearing the names of the fallen and with the inscription IN HONOURED MEMORY/ AND/ GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF 72 BRAVE MEN/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ ASHBURTON DEDICATES THIS MONUMENT/ THE PATH OF DUTY WAS THE WAY TO GLORY/ (NAMES). A further plaque reads IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THOSE OF THIS TOWN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-45/ (NAMES).
The base of the memorial is bounded by low iron railings.
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