Boundary Wall and Entrance Gateway to Cemetery, Incorporating War Memorial
BOUNDARY WALL AND ENTRANCE GATEWAY TO CEMETERY, INCORPORATING WAR MEMORIAL, EAST STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1120243
- Date first listed:
- 10-Mar-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Boundary Wall and Entrance Gateway to Cemetery, Incorporating War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- BOUNDARY WALL AND ENTRANCE GATEWAY TO CEMETERY, INCORPORATING WAR MEMORIAL, EAST STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1120243
- Date first listed:
- 10-Mar-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Boundary Wall and Entrance Gateway to Cemetery, Incorporating War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- BOUNDARY WALL AND ENTRANCE GATEWAY TO CEMETERY, INCORPORATING WAR MEMORIAL, EAST STREET
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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:
- BOUNDARY WALL AND ENTRANCE GATEWAY TO CEMETERY, INCORPORATING WAR MEMORIAL, EAST STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Corfe Castle
- National Grid Reference:
- SY 96194 81915
Details
CORFE CASTLE EAST STREET (East side)
SY 96 81
7/33 8/33
Boundary wall and entrance
gateway to Cemetery,
incorporating War Memorial
- II II
Boundary wall and entrance to Cemetery. 1922. Boundary wall of rubble stone, with
stepped gabled coping. Intermediate piers with stepped gabled caps. Low iron
railing in the form of a series of crosses. Entrance gateway of rubble stone
with ashlar dressings, and stone slate roof. Moulded depressed 4-centred arch
in square frame, with hoodmould, and Coats of Arms as stops. Inscription above
this "DO'SET MEN DON'T SHEAME THEIR KIND". Inner arch of rubble stone. Inside
the gateway, on each jamb, an inscribed panel to first and second World Wars.
Listing NGR: SY9619481915
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, 7 December 2016.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 109185
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 07/12/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/26442
War Memorials Online, accessed 07/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/97741
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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