Description

MALTON

SE780715 YORKERSGATE
801-1/8/198 (North side)
War Memorial and screening wall

GV II

War memorial. c1920. Sandstone ashlar memorial cross and
rusticated sandstone screen wall. Cross hexagonal on plan, in
half-hexagonal screen wall. Cross on tall tapering shaft with
broach-stopped foot and base and chamfered plinth, set
diagonally on high stepped pedestal. Plinth inscribed on each
face with one of six virtues: Justice, Mercy, Obedience,
Sacrifice, Courage and Patience. Pedestal has moulded top,
stepped-up on alternate faces over panels carved with badges
bearing an anchor, the RAF cipher and a sword. Screen wall
incorporates First World War memorial panel in centre, and
Second World War panel to right. Wall is coped and has carved
heraldic lions couchant at each end.

Listing NGR: SE7836971572

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 February 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26578979

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)