Blackmoor War Memorial

The memorial stands on the north side of the main road, with the Church of St Matthew to the east and the village school to the west.

It was designed by Sir Herbert Baker, and comprises a three-sided wood-framed arcade, open to the south, arranged around lawn with a memorial cross.

Several memorial plaques and a fountain by Sir Charles Wheeler are mounted on the walls of the arcade.

The cloister is paved with stone flags, with a bench along the rear (north) wall to either side of the fountain in a central niche on the north wall incorporates a fountain with lion's mouth spout, intended to provide drinking water to refresh the children at the village school nearby, as a deliberate attempt to bring "animation and lively activity" into a memorial to the dead.

The head of the cross is inscribed "TRULY THERE IS A GOD THAT JUDGETH THE EARTH", a biblical quotation from the end of Psalm 58.

Other listed war memorials by Baker include those at Thorney Hill, Hertingfordbury, Ramsgate, Wadhurst, Tewin, Haileybury College, and Cobham.

Blackmoor War Memorial, Blackmoor, Hampshire
Fountain on the wall at the rear of the cloister