Market Lavington War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details The memorial stands within the churchyard outside the south porch of the Church of St Mary (Grade I-listed). There are a number of Grade II-listed churchyard monuments in its immediate vicinity, whilst the former School to the east of the site is also listed Grade II. The war memorial comprises a tall hooded cross of Doulting limestone, standing approximately 4.5m high. The memorial has a two-stepped base, on which stands a plinth abutted by a step on each side. A small pedestal on the plinth supports an octagonal shaft. The hooded cross rises from a moulded collar on the shaft. The front and rear faces of the cross-head bear a shield ornamented with the monogram HIS carved in low relief. The cross arms are supported by small foliate brackets. The cross shaft, octagonal in section, and the chamfer of the pedestal, are decorated with roses carved in relief. The principal dedicatory inscription, carved in relief around the faces of the plinth, reads IN MEMORY OF/ OUR MEN WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914–1919. Set into the faces of the pedestal are four slate tablets on which are recorded the names of the men who died in the First World War. Two additional inscribed slate tablets have been added to steps abutting the plinth. One, to the east, commemorates the 11 men who died during the Second World War, including one specifically identified as being from America. The other tablet, to the south, reads IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY SINCE 1945. All the steps and the plinth are simply corniced for the placement of wreaths and floral tributes.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.