Preston Candover War Memorial Preston Candover, England
Listed Building Data
Preston Candover War Memorial has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1390854
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II
- Date Listed
- 26 April 2004
- Name
- PRESTON CANDOVER WAR MEMORIAL
- Location
- PRESTON CANDOVER WAR MEMORIAL, VILLAGE GREEN
- Parish
- Preston Candover
- District
- Basingstoke and Deane
- County
- Hampshire
- Grid Reference
- SU 60685 41644
- Easting
- 460685.4920
- Northing
- 141644.2280
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
PRESTON CANDOVER
289/0/10071 VILLAGE GREEN 26-APR-04 Preston Candover War Memorial
GV II War Memorial. 1919. Designer unknown. Portland stone. DESCRIPTION: this memorial comprises a wayside cross on a tapering octagonal shaft with broach-stops, set on a square fielded pedestal which stands on a three-stepped octagonal base. The chamfered arms of the cross lead to octagonal finials. On the front of the cross is a bronze sword; on the front and sides of the pedestal are bronze inscription panels. HISTORY: apparently unveiled in 1919, this memorial commemorates the nineteen men of this downland village who fell in the World Wars. It is distinctly reminiscent of Sir Reginald Blomfield's 'Cross of Sacrifice' design, which is such a familiar feature of military cemeteries laid out by the Imperial War Graves Commission.
