Rake War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 2017. War memorial.
Rake War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- second-quartz-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
DETAILS: The memorial is located opposite the east facing entrance of Rake Village Hall (unlisted), standing within a small enclosure on the grass verge.
The memorial takes the form of a plain stone Latin cross raised on a tapering plinth, standing on a chamfered base, square on plan. It measures approximately 2.4m in height. The front (west-facing) side of the plinth bears the principal dedicatory inscription which reads, from the plinth to the base, TO OUR/ GLORIOUS DEAD/ 1914 - 1918/ &/ 1939 – 1945.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: The memorial is set in a square stone-paved enclosure with three dwarf brick walls to the north, east and south sides. Four stone steps* lead up to the memorial on the west facing side.
- Pursuant to s1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’) it is declared that these aforementioned features are not of special architectural or historic interest.
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