Description

832/0/10030
31-MAY-01

CAVENDISH
THE GREEN
War Memorial

GV
II

War Memorial. 1919-20. By Leonard Crowfoot. Ashlar: Portland stone cross with York stone base. Bronze plaques. Gothic style in the form of a wayside cross. Hexagonal plinth with the names of the Fallen on bronze plaques stands on stepped base. Above the plinth a frieze of quatrefoils from which rises the shaft of the cross. At the top a foliage capital supports the cross. There are also names from the 2nd World War and from the 1956 Cyprus conflict.
The memorial is a finely detailed design and is part of a significant group of historic buildings surrounding the Green.

Listing NGR: TL8051346464

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, 13 January 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26538572

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)