Description

SD 4979 BEETHAM A6 (off West side)
Beetham

9/10 War memorial, cross
and enclosing walls
approx. 40m North of
Church of St Michael

G.V. II

War Memorial, cross and enclosing walls. Inscription dated 1914-1919.
Sandstone cross on sandstone steps, limestone walls with sandstone dressings,
copper plaque. Cross: Celtic style; tapering rectangular shaft on stepped,
battered plinth surmounted by wheel-head cross with central annunciating angel
bearing lily. Walls: curving towards entrance in plan, approx. 400 mm high
with plinth, coping, rectangular balustrades and elliptical end stops. Rear
wall to South has moulded cornice and central memorial tablet surmounted by
carved stone wreath with ribbons bearing date. Later plaque added below for
1939-45.

Listing NGR: SD4992079055

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, 3 February 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q83187709

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
• 
  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
• 
  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
• 
  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)