Leverton War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details The war memorial is located on the north side of Sheepgate in an area enclosed by a hedge and clipped conifers, with a wrought iron gate to the front. It is a 3.7m tall Portland Stone obelisk. It has a three-stepped base, square on plan, and two-stage corniced plinth from which rises the four-sided tapering obelisk. The plinth is inscribed on two sides in incised lettering. Facing the road, on the southern face, the inscription reads: ERECTED/ BY THE PARISHIONERS OF LEVERTON/ IN MEMORY OF OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT EUROPEAN WAR, 1914-1919/ (8 NAMES)/ with below 1939-1945/ (3 NAMES)/ 16 APRIL 1973. The inscription on the eastern face also reads: ERECTED/ BY THE PARISHIONERS OF LEVERTON/ IN MEMORY OF OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT EUROPEAN WAR, 1914-1919/ (9 NAMES). This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 25 September 2017.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.