Petworth War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 2015. War memorial. 3 related planning applications.
Petworth War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- weathered-render-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 November 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial stands in a prominent location by the churchyard of the Church of St Mary the Virgin on Church Street in Petworth. The memorial is set within a paved stone enclosure formed by low walls and accessed by five steps. The memorial comprises a tall Portland stone latin cross with decorative mouldings in the juncture of the cross piece and shaft. It is set on a Portland stone octagonal plinth on a two-stepped base. On the plinth are further decorative carved mouldings in a foliate design. On the south face the inscription reads: IN PROUD AND/ PERPETUAL/ REMEMBRANCE/ OF THE MEN OF/ PETWORTH WHO/ FOUGHT IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ LEST WE FORGET.
A bronze plaque was later fixed to the enclosure wall and is inscribed with: THIS TABLET/ COMMEMORATES/ THE MEN, WOMEN/ AND CHILDREN/ OF THIS PARISH/ WHO DIED IN THE/ WAR/ 1939-1945.
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