Rushton, Pipewell and Glendon War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 2016. A C20 War memorial. 1 related planning application.

Rushton, Pipewell and Glendon War Memorial

WRENN ID
gentle-lancet-woodpecker
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Northamptonshire
Country
England
Date first listed
4 November 2016
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

MATERIALS: limestone.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands in the corner of what is now the village cricket club car park on Station Road, adjoining a gate into the north-east corner of the churchyard, whose wall (not included in the listing, although the Second World War tablet is) bounds the memorial enclosure to one side.

The memorial overall is c 3.5m high and comprises a Latin cross set on a fairly squat octagonal shaft, with a raised garland at its top, beneath the cross head. The shaft rises from a square plinth, set on an octagonal base.

The plinth carries an inscription is raised capital letters which reads: IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF RUSHTON/ PIPEWELL & GLENDON/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 . 1919/ (NAMES)/ ALSO OF THOSE MEN WHO SERVED. The names of those who served appear on the other three sides of the plinth.

Set into the churchyard wall alongside the memorial is a tablet with lettering in the same style inscribed: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND/ IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/ RUSHTON PIPEWELL & GLENDON/ WHO FELL IN THE 1939-45 WAR/ (NAMES)/ R.I.P.

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