Description

ST 8614
10/134

IWERNE MINSTER
HIGHER STREET

The Memorial Cross

GV
II

War memorial, 1920 by Giles Gilbert Scott. Doulting stone with Hopton
stone dressings. Loosely follows the form of a medieval Dorset market
cross (e.g. that at Stalbridge). 2 steps to monument base which itself
consists of 2 steps. Plinth has polygonal corner shaft s with panelled
faces and bears inscription. Shaft of triangular section, the lower part
bearing shallow niches flanked by crocketted pinnacles. The western niche
contains a carved figure of a soldier supported on a carved corbel. Head
bears crocketted finials and contains niches with carved figures of the
Crucifixion, St George and Joan of Arc. (P Anderson Graham 'Iwerne Minster
before, during and after the Great War', privately printed, probably 1927).

Listing NGR: ST8655114528

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, 7 December 2016.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26403874

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Recommended Books

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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments