Sand Hutton and Claxton War Memorial

The Sand Hutton and Claxton War Memorial is a stone structure commemorating those who fell in the First and Second World Wars. It was designed by Ernest Robert Walker, the fifth son of Sir James Robert Walker, the second Baronet of Sand Hutton.

The memorial features a cross set on a high, octagonal pedestal that is raised on three octagonal steps. It is located at the angled corner of a field at the junction of two small roads, with one road linking Sand Hutton to the south and Claxton to the north. The tall, tapering cross includes an inset wheel with a relief-carved frame and a zig-zag pattern.

The cross is supported by a deep, shaped plinth that sits on the convex-curved cap of the pedestal. The pedestal has four wider panels separated by narrower panels, all of which feature relief-carved frames. The main front panel displays the relief-carved inscription: "REMEMBER / THOSE FROM / SANDHUTTON / AND / CLAXTON / WHO DIED / FOR THEIR / COUNTRY / 1914-1919." Each of the two main side panels lists seven relief-carved names, accompanied by a small relief depiction of a Yorkshire rose above and below. The narrower panels between the main front and side panels feature relief-carved swords pointing downwards. The main rear panel includes two relief-carved names above the dates 1939-1945, also adorned with Yorkshire roses above and below. The narrower panels between the main rear and side panels have relief-carved panelling.