Cullompton War Memorial
Cullompton War Memorial, Higher Bullring, Cullompton, Devon, EX15 1AA
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1390868
- Date first listed:
- 22-Jun-2004
- List Entry Name:
- Cullompton War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Cullompton War Memorial, Higher Bullring, Cullompton, Devon, EX15 1AA
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1390868
- Date first listed:
- 22-Jun-2004
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 15-Sept-2022
- List Entry Name:
- Cullompton War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Cullompton War Memorial, Higher Bullring, Cullompton, Devon, EX15 1AA
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.
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:
- Cullompton War Memorial, Higher Bullring, Cullompton, Devon, EX15 1AA
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Mid Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Cullompton
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 02064 07433
Summary
A Celtic cross war memorial of 1920 date by Eastons of Exeter.
Reasons for Designation
Cullompton War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Architectural interest:
* the memorial is a dignified and sombre stone monument; a neatly made and well-proportioned Celtic cross.
* with 20 High Street (listed at Grade II) opposite and as one of a wider group in the High Street and Higher Bullring which together demonstrate the architectural development and diversity of the town.
Historic interest:
* as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact on the local community of the events of the First and Second World Wars.
Details
A First World War memorial of 1920 date by Eastons of Exeter and paid for by public subscription.
MATERIALS: rock-faced granite.
DETAILS: square plinth with a large, slightly tapered pedestal in two parts, surmounted by a Celtic cross with a tapered shaft. There are bronze crossed rifles on the front of the plinth and a bronze wreath on the back of the pedestal. There is an inscription on the front of the pedestal and the names of the dead servicemen on the front and sides. The dead from the Second World War and subsequent conflicts have also been inscribed on the memorial.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 492027
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Online - Cullompton, accessed 28/06/2022 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/98851
Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register - Cullompton, accessed 28/06/2022 from https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/25297
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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