Street War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 March 2018. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Street War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- quartered-facade-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 March 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A First World War memorial, designed by William Douglas Caröe FSA and erected in 1921.
MATERIALS: Ham Hill stone.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands within Merriman Gardens Park in Street. It takes the form of a hooded Calvary which rises from a square plinth on a tapering octagonal shaft. The plinth sits on a three-stepped octagonal base with a raised octagonal kerb. It stands in the centre of an area paved in natural stone.
The inscription is located on the front face of the plinth in raised Gothic style lettering and reads TO THE/ GLORY OF/ GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THOSE WHO MADE THE/ SUPREME SACRIFICE 1914-18. The 67 names are incised into the rises of the stepped base.
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