Queen Victoria Memorial Cross, Queen'S Garden is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 2012. Memorial.

Queen Victoria Memorial Cross, Queen'S Garden

WRENN ID: crooked-flue-ivory
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Yorkshire Dales National Park
Country: England
Date first listed: 26 January 2012
Type: Memorial
Source: Historic England listing

Description

MATERIALS: sandstone

DESCRIPTION: a tall Anglo-Celtic cross standing 5m high. Slightly tapering rectangular shaft on a shaped plinth bearing the words H T MILES, ULVERSTON. The cross head has bosses with crosshatch decoration and interlace decoration to all sides. The front and rear have elaborate carving of carved interlace and strap work with a central panel of foliate decoration.

Inscription on the north face reads: "VICTORIA, QUEEN, EMPRESS/ 1837-1901/ REVERED, BELOVED, REMEMBERED"

Inscription on the south face reads: "THESE GROUNDS/ WERE LAID OUT AND/ PRESENTED TO THE/ TOWN OF SEDBERGH/ AS A LASTING MEMORIAL OF THE/ GLORIOUS REIGN OF/ QUEEN VICTORIA/ BY HER FAITHFUL/ SUBJECT/ FLORENCE ANNE/ UPTON-COTTRELL-DORMER"

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