War Memorial
War Memorial, The Cross, Church Street
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1201299
- Date first listed:
- 27-Jul-1973
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- War Memorial, The Cross, Church Street
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1201299
- Date first listed:
- 27-Jul-1973
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- War Memorial, The Cross, Church Street
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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:
- War Memorial, The Cross, Church Street
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Tewkesbury (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Tewkesbury
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 89276 32673
Details
This list entry was subjected to a Minor Amendment on 26 June 2023 to update the address, description and reformat the text to current standards.
SO8932
859-1/6/341
TEWKESBURY
CHURCH STREET
THE CROSS
War Memorial
(Formerlylisted as HE CROSS War Memorial)
27/07/73
GV
II
War memorial. c1920. Limestone. A tapered octagonal shaft with moulded capital and a cross, on an octagonal plinth cut through by a square base with diagonal buttresses at centres of the sides, carrying four pinnacles. All set on a broad three-step hexagonal base, the lowest step with nosing, on a final hexagonal platform which has been rounded, and protected by six stone bollards. The cross carries a central shield of arms, and the base has a series of six bronze plates with the names of the fallen inscribed, dated 1914-1919 (sic). A further plate has been added covering the years 1939-1945.
The plate reads ‘ALSO IN HONOUR OF THOSE THO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNRY DURING THE 1939-45 WAR’ and ‘ALSO IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY IN OTHER CONFLICTS: R. D. SODEN N.IRELAND 1972.’
The memorial is at the meeting of the town's three main streets, previously occupied by a medieval cross, demolished in 1650, and later by a market hall: Dyde (1798) notes that on the spot "..... there was until recently a Tolsey or Town Hall .... very old and of mean appearance", which was said to be in the way of traffic. The new Town Hall (qv) in High Street replaced this former building in 1788.
(Dyde W: History and Antiquities of Tewkesbury: Tewkesbury: 1790-).
Listing NGR: SO8927632673
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, 10 January 2017 and 4 January 2022.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 376922
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Dyde, W, History and Antiquities of Tewkesbury, (1790)
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 10 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/20979
War Memorials Online, accessed 10 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/103083
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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