Wateringbury War Memorial Cross

Heritage listing

Details The granite memorial cross is located at the edge of the churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist (Grade II*), in close proximity to a group of Grade II- and Grade II*-listed churchyard monuments. The memorial cross stands on a tapering plinth with convex sides, that is raised on a four-stepped square base of a different stone. A plain cross shaft, rectangular in section and picked out with an incised outline to the front face, rises from the plinth to the wheel-head cross. This is of Celtic style and is decorated with an interlace design carved in low relief, with a central hemispherical boss at the centre of the cross arms. The cross is approximately 4 metres high. The plinth carries the dates 1914 - 1918/ 1939 - 1945, which are incised into the stone. This is the only inscription on the memorial (the names of the fallen are recorded on two separate plaques within the church).

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.