Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project
Countesthorpe War Memorial Photograph
Region ID | EM | |
Work ID | 20 | |
Manual Reference | LE021TC | |
Type | Cross | |
Title | Countesthorpe War Memorial | |
Designer | Maile and Son, G. | |
Date of design | ||
Year of unveiling | ||
Unveiling details | Thursday 24 November 1921 | |
Road | Main Street | |
Precise Location | In St Andrew's parish churchyard, outside the E end of the church | |
A to Z Ref | 55 F2 (1) | |
OS Ref | SK585954 | |
Postcode | ||
Work is | Extant | |
Listing Status | Not listed | |
Duty of Care | ||
Commissioned by | Countesthorpe War Memorial Committee | |
Notes | ||
Ringed cross with 'Sword of Remembrance' carved in relief on front face, surmounting a pedestal with battered faces on a step, all in unpolished granite. Supporting this structure and forming a lower step is a base of concrete. On the side faces of the pedestal are the names of the First World War dead, 24 per side, listed in straight alphabetical order, without ranks of regiments. Mounted on to the flat surface formed between the concrete base and the granite step at the front is a bevilled block inscribed "1939 - 1945" followed by the names of the 17 men of Countesthorpe who died in the Second World War. | ||
circa | ||
raw year | ||
Condition | Good | |
At risk | Not at risk | |
Inscriptions | - on bronze plaque near foot of cross within laurel wreath: ERECTED BY / THE EX-SERVICE MEN / OF COUNTESTHORPE / UNVEILED BY / H.R.H. THE DUKE OF YORK / 24TH NOVEMBER 1921 - on scroll at lower edge of laurel wreath: IN MEMORIAM - on front face of pedestal in black metal letters: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF COUNTESTHORPE / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918. / "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS: / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS." | |
Signatures | - on bronze plaque near foot of cross within laurel wreath: G. MAILE & SON. 365-367 EUSTON ROAD / SCULPTORS & CONTRACTORS LONDON. N.W.1. - on right face of granite step in black metal letters: MAILE & SON / EUSTON RD LONDON | |
Elements
Element Details
Part of work | Material | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
cross | Cornish granite | h. 214 cm; w (of arms): 59 cm |
pedestal | Cornish granite | h. 70 cm; max w. 91 cm; max. d. 78 cm |
upper step | Cornish granite | h. 16 cm; w. 122 cm; d. 92 cm |
lower step (base) | Concrete | h. 15 cm; w. 152.5 cm; d. 122 cm |
Assessment of Condition
Surface Character
Detail | Comment |
|---|---|
Previous treatments | 1 minor infill, about 7 cm in diameter, on right face of pedestal |
