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Harleston War Memorial
County Norfolk   District Council South Norfolk 
Civil Parish or equivalent Harleston  Town/Village* Harleston 
Road Broad Street 
Precise Location On green 
OS Grid Ref TM245836  Postcode IP20 
Previous location(s)  
Setting On green  Access Public 
Artist/Maker Role Qualifier
Not known     

Commissioned by

 Public subscription 

Design & Constrn period

 ca. 1918 

Date of installing

  

Exact date of unveiling

  

Category
Abstract Animal Architectural
Commercial Commemorative Composite
Free Functional Funerary
Heraldic Military Natural
Non-Commemorative Performance Portable
Religious Roadside, Wayside Sculptural
Temporary, Mobile Other  

Object Type
Building Clock Tower Architectural
Coat of Arms Cross Fountain
Landscape Marker Medallion
Mural Panel Readymade
Relief Shaft Sculpture
Statue Street Furniture War Memorial
Other Object Sub Type: WWI War Memorial

Subject Type
Allegorical Mythological Pictorial
Figurative Non-figurative Portrait
Still-life Symbolic Other

Subject Sub Type
Bust Equestrian Full-length
Group Head Reclining
Seated Standing Torso
Part Material Dimension
Cross  Granite  H. 3 metres 
Dado  Granite  H. 1 metre W 120 cms D. 90 cms 

Work is
Extant Not Sited Lost

Owner/Custodian

 South Norfolk Council 

Listing status
Grade I Grade II* Grade II Don't Know Not Listed

Surface Condition
Corrosion, Deterioration Accretions
Bird Guano Abrasions, cracks, splits
Biological growth Spalling, crumbling
Metallic staining Previous treatments
Other  
Detail:

Structural Condition
Armature exposed Broken or missing parts
Replaced parts Loose elements
Cracks, splits, breaks, holes Spalling, crumbling
Water collection Other
Detail:

Vandalism
Graffiti Structural damage Surface Damage
Detail:

Overall condition
Good Fair Poor

Risk
No Known Risk At Risk Immediate
Signatures/Marks  
Inscriptions TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY/OF THE/REDENHALL HARLESTON WORTWELL MEN/WHO/FELL IN THE WAR/1914-1918/AND THE WAR 1939-1945/FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 

Description (physical)

 A Celtic cross with animals in the upper section and snakes around the outer circles on the arms of the cross. 

Description (iconographical)

 The Harleston War memorial fits with the revived fashion for Celtic crosses - so named in the 1850s. In 1853 casts of two historical High Crosses were exhibited with great success at the Dublin Industrial Exhibition. In 1857 Henry O'Neill published Illustrations of the Most Interesting of the Sculptured Crosses of Ancient Ireland. These two events stimulated interest in the Celtic Cross as a symbol for a renewed sense of heritage. New versions of the High Cross quickly became fashionable cemetery monuments in Victorian Dublin in the 1860s. From Dublin the revival spread to the rest of the country and beyond. 

Photographs

 Date taken:  12/11/2006
Date logged: 

Photographed by:
Sarah Cocke

On Site Inspection

 Date:  12/11/2006

Inspected by:
Richard Cocke

Sources and References

 www.celtarts.com 07/12/06 

Database

 Date entered:  7/12/2006

Data inputter:
Richard Cocke