War Memorial in Churchyard of St Cuthbert Approximately 10 Metres South of South West Corner of Church
WAR MEMORIAL IN CHURCHYARD OF ST CUTHBERT APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES SOUTH OF SOUTH WEST CORNER OF CHURCH, ST CUTHBERT STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1383114
- Date first listed:
- 31-May-2000
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial in Churchyard of St Cuthbert Approximately 10 Metres South of South West Corner of Church
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL IN CHURCHYARD OF ST CUTHBERT APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES SOUTH OF SOUTH WEST CORNER OF CHURCH, ST CUTHBERT STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1383114
- Date first listed:
- 31-May-2000
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial in Churchyard of St Cuthbert Approximately 10 Metres South of South West Corner of Church
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAR MEMORIAL IN CHURCHYARD OF ST CUTHBERT APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES SOUTH OF SOUTH WEST CORNER OF CHURCH, ST CUTHBERT STREET
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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 IN CHURCHYARD OF ST CUTHBERT APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES SOUTH OF SOUTH WEST CORNER OF CHURCH, ST CUTHBERT STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Wells
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 54700 45644
Details
WELLS
ST5445 ST CUTHBERT STREET
662-1/7/253 (North side)
War memorial in churchyard of St
Cuthbert, approx 10m S of SW corner
of Church
GV II
First World War memorial. c1920, amended after 1945. Doulting
stone ashlar. In a medieval style, with a 2-moulded-step
octagonal base, square plinth with base broaches, then almost
cuboid base having corner attached shafts, moulded base and
top frieze with florets in moulding, framing bronze panels
with the names of the war dead; square main shaft, with
incised design of sword point downwards on north face,
changing into octagonal with ogee crocketed gables over
shields with national emblems; at top an ornate tabernacle,
square on plan, with a bronze figure in an ogee niche to each
face, crocketed pyramidal roof.
Listing NGR: ST5470045645
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:
- 483532
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 14/12/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/1413
War Memorials Online, accessed 14/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/205142
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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