Hamdon Hill War Memorial
HAMDON HILL WAR MEMORIAL, HAM HILL ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1241897
- Date first listed:
- 27-Oct-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Hamdon Hill War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- HAMDON HILL WAR MEMORIAL, HAM HILL ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1241897
- Date first listed:
- 27-Oct-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Hamdon Hill War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- HAMDON HILL WAR MEMORIAL, HAM HILL ROAD
- Statutory Address 2:
- HAMDON HILL WAR MEMORIAL, HAM HILL ROAD
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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:
- HAMDON HILL WAR MEMORIAL, HAM HILL ROAD
- Statutory Address:
- HAMDON HILL WAR MEMORIAL, HAM HILL ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Stoke sub Hamdon
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 47707 17311
Details
ST4717 STOKE SUB HAMDON CP HAM HILL ROAD (East side,off)
6/306 Hamdon Hill War Memorial
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- II
First World War memorial. 1920/23, Ham stone pecked ashlar. Three square- step base, about 4.5 metres wide and 1.5
metre high, the cuboid plinth with one plain panel each face, simple cornice, then a stone obelisk about 6 metres high.
The names of the war dead inscribed in the panels; on the north face an added bronze plaque with the names of the
1939-45 war dead, and set on the north face of the obelisk a bronze wreath placed by the Prince of Wales, as Duke of
Cornwall, on 19th July 1923. This is a very prominent landmark on the spur of Hamdon Hill, located within the Ham Hill
Country Park.
Listing NGR: ST4770717311
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, 14 December 2016.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 441149
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 14/12/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/1358
War Memorials Online, accessed 14/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/166808
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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