Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
85009
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
10/08/2005
Date of Amendment
10/08/2005
Name of Property
War Memorial at Monmouth Boys School
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Monmouth
Town
Monmouth
Locality
Monmouth
Easting
351029
Northing
212784
Street Side
SE
Location
In a group in between the town centre and the River Wye in the internal quadrangle of Monmouth School.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
c1920 and erected as a memorial to the fallen of WWI.
Exterior
Constructed of grey Cornish granite and designed as a combination of a late medieval preaching cross and an Elizabethan sundial. Three square diminishing steps carry a plinth inscribed with the names of the fallen, This has a flat coping and a square socket stone also inscribed. A circular shaft with base mould and cap carries a panelled block like a sundial. This also has a coping and is capped by a pyramid, a ball and a cross.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a War Memorial in the Monmouth town centre and for its additional historic interest as a part of an important town grammar school.
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