Cleator Moor War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 2018. War memorial.
Cleator Moor War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- open-column-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War Memorial, 1922, with Second World War additions.
MATERIALS: pink granite
DESCRIPTION: Cleator Moor War Memorial is located in the churchyard of the Grade II-listed Church of St John the Evangelist. It is prominently situated in front of the east end of the church, where it faces the roadside beyond. It comprises a Celtic cross with carved knot work to the head on a tapering shaft, with a tapering four-sided plinth and single-stepped base. At the foot has been placed a small tablet dedicated to the Second World War.
The lower shaft and plinth bear the inscriptions in leaded lettering: East Face FOR/ GOD – KING/ AND/ COUNTRY/ 1914 -1918/ (NAMES)/ West Face (NAMES)/North Face (NAMES)/South Face (NAMES).
A tablet in front of East Face reads: IN GRACIOUS MEMORY OF/ OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ 1939-1945.
The whole is within a surrounding low kerb wall with eight square posts.
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