Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project
Hungarton War Memorial Photograph
Region ID | EM | |
Work ID | 16 | |
Manual Reference | LE017TC | |
Type | Cross | |
Title | Hungarton War Memorial | |
Date of design | ||
Year of unveiling | ||
Unveiling details | Saturday 19 November 1921 | |
Road | Church Lane | |
Precise Location | on an elevated embankment in front of the old rectory | |
A to Z Ref | ||
OS Ref | SK690073 | |
Postcode | ||
Work is | Extant | |
Listing Status | Not listed | |
Duty of Care | ||
Commissioned by | Hungarton parishioners | |
Notes | ||
The memorial is located on an elevated bank enclosed on 3 sides by privet hedges. The site is approached by 2 steep stairways to left and right. At the summit is Christ on the Cross, with crown of thorns and cruciform halo. The Cross is octagonal and the shaft tapered as is the pillar which supports it. The capital of the pillar has foliate carving as have the junctions of the arms of the cross. The pillar is broached and stands on a pedestal with an octagonal upper and square lower part. This pedestal stands on a plain square plinth supported by the main square pedestal. | ||
circa | ||
raw year | ||
Condition | Fair | |
At risk | Not at risk | |
Inscriptions | - inscribed into front face of upper pedestal: GREATER LOVE / HATH NO MAN / THAN THIS - inscribed into front face of plinth course between upper and lower pedestals: + IN . MEMORY . OF . THOSE . WHO . LAID . DOWN / THEIR . LIVES . IN . THE . GREAT . WARS + / 1914 . 1918 AND 1939 . 1945 - inscribed into front face of lower pedestal, the names of the 9 dead of both wars with the dates of their deaths. | |
Signatures | none | |
Elements
Element Details
Part of work | Material | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
lower pedestal | Clipsham stone | h. 66.5 cm; w. 182.75 cm; d. 182.75 cm |
plinth | Clipsham stone | h. 27 cm; w. 127 cm; d. 127 cm |
upper pedestal | Clipsham stone | h. 49.5 cm; w. 76 cm; d. 76 cm |
cross and pillar | Clipsham stone | h. 427 cm (est.) |
pillar at foot | Clipsham stone | w. 30 cm; d. 30 cm |
Assessment of Condition
Surface Character
Detail | Comment |
|---|---|
Corrosion, Deterioration | carving has lost some sharpness |
Biological growth | yellow-green bio growth on lower parts of memorial |
Bird guano | |
Structural Condition
Structural Condition | Comment |
|---|---|
Broken, missing parts | small loss to righthand corner of main pedestal's cornice. Feet lost from figure of Christ |
