Listed Building: WAR MEMORIAL (1240638)
Grade | II |
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Authority | |
Volume/Map/Item | 1356, 7, 494 |
Date assigned | 24 August 1990 |
Date last amended |
Description
TQ 53 NW SPELDHURST THE GREEN (south side),LANGTON GREEN 7/494 War Memorial
GV II
War Memorial. Circa 1919 with an extra plaque added 1946. Sandstone ashlar. Tall Gothic-style cross in memory of those killed in the First World War. Tall and slightly tapering octagonal shaft with moulded cap with cross sitting on top. Its own shaft has small gabled buttresses and cross itself a kind of fleuree design. Main shaft in a chamfered socket stone on a tall pedestal with moulded top. Its corners are chamfered. Wider chamfers at top enriched with shields carved with Sacred Emblems and it tapers below through a stop to a narrower chamfer. The plaque on the south side praises the dead of the First World War and plaques on the other sides record their names. Pedestal on an octagonal 4-step plinth on a paved base. A brass plaque on the top step has been set in to commemorate the local dead of the Second World War.
Listing NGR: TQ5435539273
External Links (0)
Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
Grid reference | TQ 5421 3915 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ53NW |
Civil Parish | SPELDHURST, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Nov 16 2006 5:21PM