Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project
Dunton Bassett War Memorial Photograph
Region ID | EM | |
Work ID | 33 | |
Manual Reference | LE035TC | |
Type | Cross | |
Title | Dunton Bassett War Memorial | |
Builder | Baum, Arthur | |
Designer | Kelly and Co, *** | |
Date of design | August 1919 - January 1920 | |
Year of unveiling | ||
Unveiling details | Saturday 24 January 1920 | |
Road | Church Lane | |
Precise Location | Right of driveway to All Saints Church, in a semi-circular recess of the vicarage garden wall | |
A to Z Ref | ||
OS Ref | SP546904 | |
Postcode | ||
Work is | Extant | |
Listing Status | Not listed | |
Duty of Care | ||
Commissioned by | Dunton Bassett War Memorial Committee | |
Notes | ||
Ringed Celtic cross, the orb at the crossing of the arms with relief carving of flower head. On the arms and shaft other floral relief carvings. The tapered shaft of the cross is supported on a pedestal with recessed cornice, battered dado and high plinth. Supporting this, an unpolished granite step. The memorial is erected in the middle of an elliptical gravel surround with a small cypress at each end. Around this a small lawn, stone bollards, linked chain to front, stone wall to rear. Set into the wall behind, a slate tablet inscribed: THE WORLD WAR / 1939 - 1945 [beneath which 5 names are listed, forename initials only, ranks and regiments, incised and gilded] | ||
circa | ||
raw year | ||
Condition | Fair | |
At risk | Not at risk | |
Inscriptions | - on front face of cross shaft, incised, gilded: TO THE / MEMORY OF / OUR FALLEN, / GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919. / [space] / ERECTED / BY THE PEOPLE / OF THIS VILLAGE. - on the battered dado of the pedestal, front face, the names of the dead, now virtually illegible - on the battered dado of the pedestal, left face: MALAYA 1951 / SGT. G. WESTWOOD R.M. | |
Signatures | None | |
Elements
Element Details
Part of work | Material | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
cross and shaft | granite, polished | h. 167.5 cm |
pedestal | granite, polished | h. 95 cm; w. 89 cm; d. 75 cm |
step | granite, unpolished | h. 29 cm; w. 120 cm; d. 106.5 cm |
Assessment of Condition
Surface Character
Detail | Comment |
|---|---|
Biological growth | |
Other | the gilding has mostly disappeared from the pedestal names rendering them virtually illegible |
Structural Condition
Structural Condition | Comment |
|---|---|
Broken, missing parts | small chips out of upper forward edge of right arm of cross |
