Old Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 June 2015. War memorial.
Old Memorial Cross
- WRENN ID
- plain-bronze-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 June 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Memorial Cross is a 3-meter high war memorial made of freestanding Weldon stone. It features a foliated head on a tapering shaft, which is set on a square stone plinth. The front of the plinth has a carved inscription that reads: "TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF/ THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR./ 1914 - 1919/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE." Names of the fallen are inscribed on the side panels.
On the rear face of the plinth, there is a slate plaque that carries the inscription: "ALSO IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR/ 1939-1945./ (NAMES)/ 'GRANT THEM O LORD ETERNAL REST,/ AND LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM.'"
The plinth is set on a two-stepped octagonal base and stands within an octagonal railed enclosure located on a small green triangle on Harrington Road at the head of Faxton End, opposite the Old Rectory, which is also listed as Grade II.
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