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Location Beeston, Nottinghamshire Designed by William Herbert Higginbottom Designer William Herbert Higginbottom |
War Memorial Cross, Beeston is a Grade II listed structure in Beeston, Nottinghamshire.
History
It was designed by the architect William Herbert Higginbottom. Constructed in Portland stone it comprises an octagonal plinth of 3 steps, the top step ornamented. The square plinth contains recessed panels, 3 of them are inscribed. The plinth is topped with a Celtic cross with panelled tapered square shaft.
The memorial was constructed in the early 1920s to commemorate the dead of the First World War. Additional inscriptions were added in 1945.
The inscriptions read:
It was restored in 2009.
References
War Memorial Cross, Beeston Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA