Staxton and Willerby War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 2017. War memorial.

Staxton and Willerby War Memorial

WRENN ID
lone-chamber-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Country
England
Date first listed
16 August 2017
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

War memorial, dedicated in 1920, stone column surmounted by a cross, set on a stone podium.

MATERIALS: ashlar gritstone with inset polished granite panels.

PLAN: a square base and hexagonal shaft.

The memorial comprises a slender hexagonal section shaft; the capital of the shaft supports a Latin cross whose limbs terminate in shallow pyramidal caps. The shaft stands on a square ashlar pedestal with chamfered upper corners and a hexagonal upper surface; it is raised on a square two-stepped podium. The front panel of the pedestal is inscribed – REMEMBER / THE MEN OF WILLERBY / WHO DIED FOR / KING AND COUNTRY / 1914-1919, and the two side panel inscriptions record the 14 Fallen from the parish.

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