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Stonehouse

Stonehouse war memorial is constructed of Bath stone and consists of four steps and a plinth upon which bronze inscription plaques are fixed, this is surmounted by a cross and shaft on which a sword is carved in relief. The memorial is located in the dedicated memorial green on the main High Street.

In 2009, War Memorials Trust gave a grant of £1,390 towards conservation and repair works to the memorial. This included cleaning the memorial with the DOFF steam cleaning system and the cleaning of the bronze plaques by hand and the application of microcrystalline wax.  Vertical cracks on the shaft of the cross were repaired with lime mortar; lime mortar repairs were also employed for the eroded surfaces on the memorial. Any defective joints were also re-pointed with hydraulic lime mortar. The steps and paving to the memorial were weeded and any defective joints were re-pointed with lime mortar. A cracked section of the paving was repaired with the use of stainless steel pins.

This memorial was dedicated in 1919, and around 600 people attend the memorial on Remembrance Sunday.

The dedicatory inscription of the memorial reads:
In grateful
memory of
the men of
Stonehouse
who gave
their lives
for King &
country in
the Great
War
A.D. 1914-1919. 

Individual names are commemorated on the other plaques. 

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM3227
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 32149

If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org

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