Ilfracombe War Memorial
ILFRACOMBE WAR MEMORIAL, CHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1293231
- Date first listed:
- 12-Mar-1990
- List Entry Name:
- Ilfracombe War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- ILFRACOMBE WAR MEMORIAL, CHURCH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1293231
- Date first listed:
- 12-Mar-1990
- List Entry Name:
- Ilfracombe War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- ILFRACOMBE WAR MEMORIAL, CHURCH 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:
- ILFRACOMBE WAR MEMORIAL, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- North Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ilfracombe
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 51461 47287
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 25/01/2017
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ILFRACOMBE
CHURCH STREET (West side)
Ilfracombe War Memorial
(Formerly listed as War Memorial in Garden of Remembrance)
12/03/90
GV
II
Memorial to those who died in the 1914/18 war. 1924, by Courtney Pollock. Bronze figure of Victory standing on a plain shafted, Tuscan column and pedestal of granite, this resting on a plinth of two broad, shallow granite steps. On the base of the pedestal, on the east side, is inscribed in lead letters; IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF ILFRACOMBE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR. 1914-1918. On the dado of the pedestal, on all four sides, are bronze plaques carrying the names of the dead, and on the south, west and north sides of the base are similar plaques recording the names of those who died in World War II, 1939-45. The granite work was done by JP Huxtable of Ilfracombe. The memorial was dedicated on Armistice Day (November 11th) 1924. It is set in the middle of a Garden of Remembrance on the slope east of the churchyard, and is clearly visible from Church Street.
(Ilfracombe Chronicle Gazette and Observer: 8.11.1924; 15.11.1924).
Listing NGR: SS5146047288
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, 8 December 2016.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 390175
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Ilfracombe Chronicle Gazette and Observer in 15 November, (1924)
Ilfracombe Chronicle Gazette and Observer in 8 November, (1924)
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 08/12/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/25597
War Memorials Online, accessed 08/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/98553
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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