Crediton and Hamlets War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 16/01/2017 672-1/0/10001 CREDITON, UNION STREET, Crediton War Memorial 06.09.01 G.V. II First World War memorial. 1923; by Frederick Bligh Bond. Timber-framed with sandstone central pier. Shingle roof and spire. Built in form of a Medieval market cross, octagonal on plan with a timber arcade of moulded 2-centred arches, the posts on stone pads, the arcade-plate supporting a steeply-pitched shingle roof rising to an open timber lantern which is surmounted by a tall shingle spire with a simple wrought-iron cross on top. The shingle roof and spire have bell-cast eaves. Inside, there is an arch-braced timber roof structure supported on an octagonal sandstone pier rising up through the centre with an integral seat around its base and Portland stone panels on the sides, inscribed with names of the dead. The floor is of randomly laid sandstone. An unusually well designed and finely crafted War memorial in the form of a market cross. Listing NGR: SS8344100230 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, 8 December 2016. Legacy The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System number: 488077 Legacy System: LBS

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.