North Cowton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 2016. War memorial.
North Cowton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- scattered-pillar-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
MATERIALS: white marble memorial, sandstone flags, iron railings.
DESCRIPTION: the war memorial consists of a tapering marble pillar with a crown top on which stands a draped urn with a carved wreath circling it. The pillar is set upon a square plan plinth which rises from a two-stepped base. It stands some 3m high.
The inscriptions are all in lead lettering. On the pillar is the dedicatory inscription which reads: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND / IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / THE FOLLOWING / WHO GALLANTLY DIED / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918. On the plinth below are the names the men of the parish who fell in the First World War.
On the top step the inscription reads: 1939 – 1945 (NAME) / ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS OF / NORTH AND SOUTH COWTON.
The memorial stands on a small flagstone paved area enclosed by iron railings.
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