Building record M18783 - Thorney War Memorial (Gates)
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SK 85893 72838 (2m by 4m) |
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Map sheet | SK87SE |
District | Newark |
Civil Parish | Thorney, Newark |
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Curving iron gate 2.4M in width set between two brick pillars 1.7M in height. Two small sandstone plaques on either pillar bearing names. 'In Memoriam 1914-1918' cut into gate. Set at the entrance of St Helens churchyard adjacent to road. (1)
First World War memorial iron gates with stone gate piers. Erected around 1920 to the eight men of the parish who lost their lives during WW1. It comprises a pair of iron gates with spearhead railings with decorative scrollwork subdivided by a horizontal band of elongated ovals below which are twisted dog-rails. The gates have a concave top rail and a shallow panel with pierced quatrefoil motifs and a pierced dedicatory inscription which reads 'IN MEMORIAM (left-hand gate) / 1914 - 1918' (right-hand gate). The gates stand between piers of coursed random rubble with shallow pyramidal caps. Set within the walling of each pier is a sandstone plaque inscribed with the eight names (four on each plaque) of the fallen.(2)
<1> Taylor W, 2012, War Memorials survey (Unknown). SNT2596.
<2> Historic England, 2019, Thorey War Memorial Listing Advice Report (Unpublished document). SNT5100.
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Record last edited
Jan 19 2023 7:34PM