Coniston War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 2017. War memorial.
Coniston War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- low-brass-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
MATERIALS: sandstone.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial comprises a Celtic-style wheel-head cross surmounting a rectangular shaft richly decorated with Scandinavian interlace carvings. The front face of the cross has knotwork designs with a central boss in the cross-head and below this on the shaft is the inscription carved in relief in a Celtic-style script which reads THESE MEN OF/ CONISTON/ GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR/ THEIR COUNTRY/ 1914 – 1918/ (NAMES). The north side has similar knotwork designs on the cross and shaft.
On the back face of the cross and shaft is carved interlace scrollwork combining tree, foliate and berry motifs and the south side carries a similar design which represents the palms of victory and the victor's crown.
The shaft is set upon a rectangular three-stepped base. The top step carries the inscription 1939 – 1945 and second step below bears the three names of those who fell in that conflict.
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, 3 July 2017.
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