Cropper Memorial In North-East Corner Of Abbot Hall Recreation Ground is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1985. Memorial.
Cropper Memorial In North-East Corner Of Abbot Hall Recreation Ground
- WRENN ID
- roaming-loft-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1985
- Type
- Memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SD 5192 SE KENDAL KIRKLAND (Off East side)
11/72 Cropper Memorial in north-east corner of Abbot Hall Recreation Ground G.V. II
Memorial to James Cropper c1900. Monolithic, dressed slate slab, c10 ft high with jagged top; set upright in 2nd dressed slate slab, with jagged ends, laid flat. Front face has inset circular copper panel with bas-relief profile portrait; concentric inscription (carved in slate): JAMES CROPPER MDCCCXXIII - MDCCCC. Main inscription below: Last Member of Parliament for the Ancient Borough of Kendal. First Chairman of the Westmorland County Council ... Bas-relief carving on rear face shows single oak-tree shoot rising vertically from root and interrupted by 5 inscribed panels: FAITH; HOPE; ZEAL; JOY; LOVE.
Listing NGR: SD5167892325
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