Description

STANTON HIGH STREET
SP 0634-0734
(north side)
11/68 War memorial in garden wall to
Stanton Court
GV II
War memorial. C19, circa 1920, probably by Sir J.N. Comper for Sir
P.S. Stott. Ashlar stone, bronze plaque. Gabled blind arch in
line of garden wall. Blind archway, 4-centred head, chamfered
arris: blank shield in coped gable over, horizontal foot each
side: bulb-shaped finials to apex and base each side, latter on
pedestals with diamonds in relief on sides. Within arch, centre
framed by Jacobean-style Ionic pilasters, on plinth with moulded
top. Cornice, swept pediment with moulded edge. Rectangular
bronze plaque, eared top and bottom: raised lettering. Archway
originally framed village pump.
(T. Edwards, in Country Life, 1952)

Listing NGR: SP0679934261

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 10 January 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26624296

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