Description

NEWPORT PAGNELL

SP 8743 HIGH STREET

645/1/10018 War Memorial

17-FEB-00

GV II

War memorial. Inaugurated 17th October 1920, restored 1999. Ashlar. Tall octagonal drum base with moulded cornice and foot moulding, set on an octagonal plinth cut with a shallow Gothic inscription. On the drum a base carries an octagonal broached shaft and carved head of traditional form, with aedicules on 4 faces with the Crucifixion, St Paul, St Peter and the Madonna. Applied panels on the drum list the names of victims of the Great and subsequent wars. The upper section of the drum, and the surrounding low stone wall and iron railings, are new.

Listing NGR: SP8776143963

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, 11 January 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26660341

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (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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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas