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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