First World War Memorial and Retaining Wall Immediately South 50 Metres South of Church
FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORIAL AND RETAINING WALL IMMEDIATELY SOUTH 50 METRES SOUTH OF CHURCH, FORE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1153281
- Date first listed:
- 08-Apr-1983
- List Entry Name:
- First World War Memorial and Retaining Wall Immediately South 50 Metres South of Church
- Statutory Address:
- FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORIAL AND RETAINING WALL IMMEDIATELY SOUTH 50 METRES SOUTH OF CHURCH, FORE STREET
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- Date:
- 2001-10-09
- Reference:
- IOE01/05514/08
- Rights:
- © Mr Harold T. F. Jenkins. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1153281
- Date first listed:
- 08-Apr-1983
- List Entry Name:
- First World War Memorial and Retaining Wall Immediately South 50 Metres South of Church
- Statutory Address 1:
- FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORIAL AND RETAINING WALL IMMEDIATELY SOUTH 50 METRES SOUTH OF CHURCH, FORE STREET
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:
- FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORIAL AND RETAINING WALL IMMEDIATELY SOUTH 50 METRES SOUTH OF CHURCH, FORE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Thorncombe
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 37618 03280
Details
ST 3703 THORNCOMBE FORE STREET,
NORTH SIDE
7/103 First World War Memorial
and Retaining Wall
immediately South
50 metres South of Church
GV II
War Memorial and retaining wall. Stone cross shaft and octagonal base in
Perpendicular style, c1920. Panelled shaft with embattled necking. Post
Second World War inscription added to base. The war memorial forms part
of a group with the Table Tombs, Royal Oak and Thorncombe Farm. Wall forms
churchyard boundary on South: rubble with stone coping.
Listing NGR: ST3761803280
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, 21 August 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 104610
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 7 December 2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/135041
War Memorials Register, accessed 21 August 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/72444
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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