Malton War Memorial and Screening Wall

Heritage listing

Details MALTON SE780715 YORKERSGATE 801-1/8/198 (North side) War Memorial and screening wall GV II War memorial. c1920. Sandstone ashlar memorial cross and rusticated sandstone screen wall. Cross hexagonal on plan, in half-hexagonal screen wall. Cross on tall tapering shaft with broach-stopped foot and base and chamfered plinth, set diagonally on high stepped pedestal. Plinth inscribed on each face with one of six virtues: Justice, Mercy, Obedience, Sacrifice, Courage and Patience. Pedestal has moulded top, stepped-up on alternate faces over panels carved with badges bearing an anchor, the RAF cipher and a sword. Screen wall incorporates First World War memorial panel in centre, and Second World War panel to right. Wall is coped and has carved heraldic lions couchant at each end. Listing NGR: SE7836971572 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, 1 February 2017. Legacy The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System number: 389624 Legacy System: LBS

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.