Walgrave Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 2015. War memorial.
Walgrave Memorial Cross
- WRENN ID
- quartered-steel-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 June 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The c5m high limestone war memorial stands on Lower Green at the east end of High Street. It comprises a wheel-head cross set on a substantial, square-sectioned, tapering stone pillar. The pillar surmounts a stone plinth which bears metal lettered inscriptions:
(west face) IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF OUR /FELLOW PARISHIONERS/ WHO FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919
(north face) THESE DIED FOR US (13 NAMES)
(east face) IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF ALL WHO/ FOUGHT, SUFFERED AND/ LABOURED FOR PEACE
(south face) THESE DIED FOR US (12 NAMES)
A separate panel on the south side of the plinth, affixed below the list of 12 names, is inscribed 1939-1945 (6 NAMES). The plinth is set upon a two-stepped square base. The memorial is surrounded by iron railings.
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