Litchborough War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands on a small village green west of the church of St Martin (Grade II*). Of sandstone, it is a c 7m tall cross with a simple Latin cross-head on a tapering, square-sectioned, shaft set on a square plinth with redder sandstone panels which carry the inscriptions. In raised lettering the principal inscription reads TO KEEP IN MIND/ THOSE WHO FROM THIS PLACE/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY AND FOR THE RIGHT/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919. The names of those who died are recorded on two sides of the plinth. The plinth stands on a four-stage octagonal base. The memorial is approached by a modern sandstone path and is surrounded by a post and chain link fence. Persuant to s.1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’) it is declared that the modern sandstone path and chain link fence to the memorial are not of special architectural or historic interest. 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, 17 January 2017.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.