NHER 64715 (Structure record) - World War One memorial, Winterton on Sea

World War One Memorial
Location: Holy Trinity and All Saints Churchyard, Black Street, Winterton-on-Sea.
Type: Wheel-head Cross
Description:
The memorial is constructed from Cornish granite, in the form of a freestanding, rough-hewn (S4), Celtic wheel-head cross. It is used to commemorate eighteen servicemen who died in World War One. The memorial has been described “with a tall shaft that rises and tapers in rectangular section from a trapezoidal plinth with polished surfaces for the leaded inscriptions. It stands on a single-step base of granite, below which is a two-stepped concrete sub base” (S1). There is a dedicatory inscription on the plinth’s west face. Twelve of the associated names inscribed to the south face, and the remaining six to the north face respectively.
Proposed: Date unknown.
Designed by: Unknown.
Constructed/Sculpted By: Unknown.
Cost: Unknown.
Unveiled: 5 July 1919 by Mrs R. Acland and dedicated by the Reverend W. A. Green.
Inscription: ‘THIS MEMORIAL/ WAS ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOUR OF THOSE MEN/ OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918’.
Information from Listing Description (S1) and Historic England Advice Report (S2).
See War Memorials On-line (S4) for images, the War Memorials Register (S5) and Roll of Honour (S6) for images, names and additional details, and 1919 newspaper article (S7).
P. Beers (HES), 15 March 2021. Amended A. Henderson (HES), 21 January 2025.

June 2018. Listed. Grade II.
See Listing Description (S1), Advice Report (S2) and Consultation Report (S3) for details.
See also War Memorials On-line (S4) and War Memorials Register (S5).
P. Beers (HES), 15 March 2021.