Harthill War Memorial, South Yorkshire

Heritage listing

Details War Memorial commemorating the fallen of the First and Second World Wars. 1920 to designs by John Douglas Webster with sculpture by Frank Tory and Sons. MATERIALS: Portland stone cross, limestone kerb and cast iron railings, stone plaques. PLAN: cross set on a high, octagonal pedestal raised on three octagonal steps, enclosed in a square enclosure. DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands in front of the high rectory wall on the east side of Union Street, running north-south through the village. A floriated Latin cross is set on a high, octagonal shaft with two upper, relief-carved floriate bands and a deep base band of relief-carved tracery with a moulded plinth standing on an octagonal pedestal of relief-carved tracery with moulded cap and plinth, on three octagonal steps. The cross stands in a square, flagged enclosure with a shaped, stone kerb on three sides topped by low, cast-iron railings with a gate on the right-hand side, the fourth side formed by the rectory wall to the rear. Mounted on the wall beneath a stone hoodmould are two stone plaques with incised inscriptions set in stone frames. The top plaque is inscribed TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN HONOURED MEMORY / OF THE HARTHILL MEN / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN / THE GREAT WAR 1914-19 /THIS CROSS WAS DEDICATED / BY THEIR FELLOW PARISHIONERS / rank, initials and surnames, regiments / R.I.P. The smaller, lower plaque is inscribed 1939-1945 / initials and surnames.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.