Lympstone War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details MATERIALS: Cornish granite screen wall and memorial cross. DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands on Church Road, c17m to the south-west of the Parish Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Grade II*-listed) and opposite a number of Grade II-listed buildings. It takes the form of a tall cross standing in front of a curved screen wall. The plain Latin granite cross, with slightly splayed cross arms, rises from a shouldered pedestal that stands on a stepped base. The curved wall, built of coursed granite blocks with simple flat coping, encloses the rear of the cross. The principal dedicatory inscription to the front face of the pedestal reads I STAND/ TO THE MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF LYMPSTONE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918. On the central section of the screen wall behind a further inscription reads, to the left, LIVE YE/ FOR/ ENGLAND, and to the right, WE FOR/ ENGLAND/ DIED. The commemorated names are listed alphabetically on the left and right wings of the wall. The later Second World War inscription, reading 1939 – 1945/ (4 NAMES) is recorded on a slightly sloping tablet fixed to the upper step of the base.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.