Description

PARISH OF LONG EATON MARKET PLACE
SK 43 SE
4/36 (East Side)
War Memorial to 6 metre
SW of St Laurence's I
Church
GV II

War memorial. c1920. Stone. Large cross on octagonal base, in
Dec style. Deep base with corbelled out shelf to make a seat
all round. Above this there are three octagonal steps on which
the cross stands. The cross has a moulded square base with
memorial inscription to west side in laurel leaf circle. Above,
it has a tall tapering octagonal shaft with a spurred base. Dec
style head with figures of saints to four sides in ogee
crocketed niches with crocketed pinnacles to top. The stone is
clipsham limestone. Architect was J M Comper. Included for group value only.

Listing NGR: SK4913433702

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, 25 January 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• War Memorial to 6 Metres South West of St Laurences's Church at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26380362

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)