Knowbury War Memorial

St Paul's Church, Farden Lane, Knowbury, Shropshire, SY8 3JU

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A churchyard war memorial of marble, dedicated in 1920, which takes the form of an obelisk. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1437269
Date first listed:: 23-Aug-2016
List Entry Name:: Knowbury War Memorial
Statutory Address:: St Paul's Church, Farden Lane, Knowbury, Shropshire, SY8 3JU

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1437269
Date first listed:: 23-Aug-2016
List Entry Name:: Knowbury War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: St Paul's Church, Farden Lane, Knowbury, Shropshire, SY8 3JU

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: St Paul's Church, Farden Lane, Knowbury, Shropshire, SY8 3JU

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Caynham
National Grid Reference:: SO5719575223

Summary

A churchyard war memorial of marble, dedicated in 1920, which takes the form of an obelisk.

Reasons for Designation

Knowbury war memorial, Shropshire 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 sacrifices it made in the conflicts of the C20; * Architectural interest: as an accomplished and well-realised war memorial, which takes the form of an obelisk with plinth; * Group value: the monument has group value with the church of St Paul (Grade II).

History

The monument appears to date from c.1920. A plaque commemorating the fallen from the Second World War was added after 1945.

Details

A churchyard war memorial of c. 1920, added to after 1945. MATERIALS & PLAN: the monument takes the form of a grey, granite obelisk, with stepped plinth, placed to the south side of the western doorway of the church, by the tower. The tapered body of the obelisk has two stages, with a broader lower part. There is a chamfered band at the juncture between these two parts. The upper body is inscribed : ‘ERECTED / IN PROUD AND / LOVING MEMORY / OF THE MEN FROM / THIS PARISH WHO / FELL IN THE GREAT / WAR / 1914 – 1918’. Names of the fallen are inscribed on the lower body of the obelisk and on its flanks. The stepped plinth has the following words on the upper step: ‘FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH FOR KING AND COUNTRY’. The names of the fallen from the Second World War are inscribed on a separate granite plaque which stands in front of the obelisk.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 19 January 2017.

Sources

Books and journals
Francis, Peter , Shropshire War Memorials; Sites of Remembrance, (2013), 102
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 19 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/130804
War Memorials Register, accessed 19 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/13796

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.