WAR MEMORIAL
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1201299
- Date first listed:
- 27-Jul-1973
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL, THE CROSS
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL, THE CROSS
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
TEWKESBURY
SO8932 THE CROSS
859-1/6/341 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 4 pinnacles. All set on a broad 3-step
hexagonal base, the lowest step with nosing, on a final
hexagonal platform which has been rounded, and protected by 6
stone bollards. The cross carries a central shield of arms,
and the base has a series of 6 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 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.
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 Online, accessed 10 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/103083
War Memorials Register, accessed 10 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/20979
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing
