Upton Cross and Linkinhorne War Memorial
Upton Cross, Liskeard, PL14 5AX
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1453161
- Date first listed:
- 26-Jan-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Upton Cross and Linkinhorne War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Upton Cross, Liskeard, PL14 5AX
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1453161
- Date first listed:
- 26-Jan-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Upton Cross and Linkinhorne War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Upton Cross, Liskeard, PL14 5AX
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Upton Cross, Liskeard, PL14 5AX
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Linkinhorne
- National Grid Reference:
- SX2809672095
Summary
A First World War memorial cross with additions and alterations of after 1945, placed near to a cross roads.
Reasons for Designation
Upton Cross and Linkinhorne War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Historic interest:
* as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this community, and the sacrifice it has made in the First World War.
Architectural interest:
* as an accomplished and well-realised war memorial, which takes the form of a granite cross on a tapered shaft with stepped base and railed enclosure.
History
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and also the official policy of not repatriating the dead: therefore the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss. One such memorial was raised at Upton Cross, Linkinhorne, as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.
The memorial appears to date from the period about 1920 with additions and alterations after 1945. It stands near to the cross roads at the centre of this Cornish mining community.
Details
A First World War memorial cross with additions and alterations of after 1945, placed near to a cross roads.
MATERIALS and PLAN: of rock-hewn stone, set in a rectangular enclosure of railings. The monument takes the form of a Celtic cross with wheel head and tapered shaft with a stepped, rectangular base and a plinth.
The monument faces south and has moulded arms and a tapered shaft with Celtic knot panels in relief. At the centre of the wheel head cross is a boss. The stepped plinth is inscribed; to the riser of the top step: ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD / IN REVERED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF LINKINHORNE. / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR, / 1914 – 1919. / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS. THAT A MAN / LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.’ Names are recorded on the step below. In front of the lowest step a granite tablet which takes the form of a rolled scroll reads: ‘ALSO OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE / WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945’. Names are recorded below. The plinth forms a rectangular enclosure with railings supported by chamfered curb stones.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 31 January 2018.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 31 January 2018 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/238157
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 23-Jun-2026 at 20:45:16.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.