Description

TQ 53 NW SPELDHURST THE GREEN (south side),LANGTON
GREEN
7/494 War Memorial

GV II

War Memorial. Circa 1919 with an extra plaque added 1946. Sandstone ashlar.
Tall Gothic-style cross in memory of those killed in the First World War.
Tall and slightly tapering octagonal shaft with moulded cap with cross sitting
on top. Its own shaft has small gabled buttresses and cross itself a kind of
fleuree design. Main shaft in a chamfered socket stone on a tall pedestal
with moulded top. Its corners are chamfered. Wider chamfers at top enriched
with shields carved with Sacred Emblems and it tapers below through a stop to
a narrower chamfer. The plaque on the south side praises the dead of the
First World War and plaques on the other sides record their names. Pedestal
on an octagonal 4-step plinth on a paved base. A brass plaque on the top step
has been set in to commemorate the local dead of the Second World War.

Listing NGR: TQ5435539273

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, 1 December 2016.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26533553

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)