Memorial Cross at the New Big School, Little Church Street, Rugby, Warwickshire. - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

This is a limestone cross erected in the grounds of the New Big School at the corner of Little Church Street and Lawrence Sheriff Street. It is hexagonal in form and surrounded by a low box hedge. The base is a set of four steps leading to an hexagonal block with cove and pediment upon which is the inscription. The shaft of the cross is also hexagonal with an open-work head stone, gabled with six faces, three of which are open and three with a cross. This is surmounted by a foliated and chamfered shaft.

The inscription reads:

                   IN  REMEMBRANCE
                     OF OUR DEAD
                     1914 - 1919
               THEIR NAMES ARE RECORDED
                IN THE MEMORIAL CHAPEL

New Big School was designed and built in 1885 by William Butterfield in a Gothic style, he also designed the New Quad Buildings, in red brick with stone bands and dressings. The roof is Welsh slate with large end gables in chequer work brick and stone.

Private or Public Monument?: Private Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Rugby School Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe Physical Address of Monument: Rugby, Warwickshire UK Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed Website for this Monument: Not listed

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