Ascham St Vincent War Memorial Arch
ASCHAM ST VINCENT WAR MEMORIAL ARCH, CARLISLE ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1389575
- Date first listed:
- 17-Oct-2001
- List Entry Name:
- Ascham St Vincent War Memorial Arch
- Statutory Address:
- ASCHAM ST VINCENT WAR MEMORIAL ARCH, CARLISLE ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1389575
- Date first listed:
- 17-Oct-2001
- List Entry Name:
- Ascham St Vincent War Memorial Arch
- Statutory Address 1:
- ASCHAM ST VINCENT WAR MEMORIAL ARCH, CARLISLE 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:
- ASCHAM ST VINCENT WAR MEMORIAL ARCH, CARLISLE ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- East Sussex
- District:
- Eastbourne (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TV 60180 98203
Details
623/0/10060 CARLISLE ROAD
17-OCT-01 Ascham St Vincent War Memorial Arch
II
War memorial. 1919-20. Perpendicular style memorial arch to commemorate former pupils of Ascham St Vincent's School who lost their lives in the First World War. Built of red brick in English bond with sandstone dressings. About 30 feet high and 25 feet wide. Comprises four-centred arch with pediment above flanked by wide brick and stone piers with brick and stone buttresses. Pediment has stone inscription having border with carved floral emblems and central wreath with inscription "In memory of 49 gallant men who were at school here in their early boyhood and gave their lives in the service of their country during the Great War of 1914-19. At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them." The spandrels to the arch are carved with shield and floral motifs. The obverse side is plainer with an inscription reading
"They went with songs to the battle, they were young
Straight of limb, true of eye steady and aglow
They were stanch (sic) to the end against odds uncounted
They fell with their faces to the foe."
The sides have stone pointed arched tablets with the names of the fallen. A worn inscription to the base of southernmost pier records that the stone was laid by the mayor of Eastbourne in 1819. The remainder of the school has been demolished.
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, 1 December 2016.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 488263
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 01/12/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/17004
War Memorials Online, accessed 01/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/106925
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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