NHER 66738 (Structure record) - World War One memorial with World War Two additions, Blakeney

World War One memorial with World War Two additions
Location: New Road, Blakeney, Holt
Type: Pedestal
Description: The memorial is in the form of a rectangular pedestal with a triangular pediment made of brick and flint. It stands on a two-stepped plinth tiled with terracotta. The inscriptions are written on marble tablets. The original WW1 inscription is in a “round-headed niche” (S3). At the base of the pedestal an additional tablet lists the WW2 fallen. On both sides of the pedestal are low flint walls with “brick coping, plinths, and square end piers” (S3). The memorial cottages are around 12 metres behind the memorial and were built on land donated by Anna Turner on the south side of New Road.
Proposed: Unknown
Designed By: Unknown
Constructed/Sculpted By: Unknown
Cost: Over £1000 was raised to fund the building of the memorial and two memorial cottages.
Unveiled: 1921
Inscription: THESE / COTTAGES / ARE ERECTED IN / GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE / BLAKENEY MEN WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR / 1914 - 1918 [Names]
AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Names]
Information from Listing Description (S1) and Historic England Advice Report (S2).
See War Memorials On-line (S4) for images and the War Memorials Register (S5) for images, names and additional details.
A. Henderson (HES), 1 September 2024.

1990s. Restoration.
A new inscription tablet was placed over the original marble tablet by Blakeney Parish Council. There are four errors in the new inscriptions: the letter G was replaced by the letter C in four names, which should read C.A.G. Cooke, G.P. Hudson, G. King, and N.G. Cooke.
See Historic England Advice Report (S2) for further details.
A. Henderson (HES), 1 September 2024.

December 2016. Listed. Grade II.
Details as summarized above.
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
See Historic England Advice Report (S2) and Consultation Report (S3) for further details.
See also War Memorials On-line (S4) and War Memorials Register (S5).
A. Henderson (HES), 1 September 2024.