Churchyard Cross and War Memorial, in churchyard, Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1985. Memorial.

Churchyard Cross and War Memorial, in churchyard, Church of St Nicholas

WRENN ID
keen-moulding-primrose
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Country
England
Date first listed
25 January 1985
Type
Memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

A C15 village cross, restored as a war memorial following the First World War, altered with an inscription following the Second World War.

MATERIALS AND PLAN: The cross and memorial are constructed from stone and are square in plan.

DESCRIPTION: The memorial consists of a Celtic-style cross with carved faces, atop a tapering plinth which connects with the socket of the original village cross. On the eastern face of the socket is carved the inscription, "THIS ANCIENT/ CROSS WAS RESTORED IN/ MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED/ ON THE TABLET IN THE CHURCH".

The north face of the cross has the carved inscription, "SECOND GREAT WAR/ 1939 - 45".

The cross stands on a stone plinth.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 23 November 2017.

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