Hensingham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 2021. War memorial.
Hensingham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- over-frieze-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 2021
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War memorial, with Second World War addition, 1925.
MATERIALS: Dalbeattie granite; bronze
PLAN: octagonal plan form
DESCRIPTION: the war memorial comprises a Celtic-style wheel-head cross on a shaft with entasis. The front (east) face of the cross is decorated with carved Scandinavian knotwork interlace designs in the cross-head. The shaft is finely axed, and moulded at the edges, with a lead letter inscription at the bottom: TO THE MEN OF/HENSINGHAM PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ DURING THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918. It rises from a rough-hewn tapering plinth which has a smooth recessed panel in its front (east) face which contains leaded lettering naming the 36 fallen. The plinth stands on a two-stepped canted square base, and the upper step front (east) face has a Second World War bronze cast plaque dedication with a low relief inscription: AND OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE WAR 1939-1945.
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