Coxwold War Memorial Within the Churchyard of Saint Michael's Church
COXWOLD WAR MEMORIAL WITHIN THE CHURCHYARD OF SAINT MICHAEL'S CHURCH
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391072
- Date first listed:
- 31-Aug-2004
- List Entry Name:
- Coxwold War Memorial Within the Churchyard of Saint Michael's Church
- Statutory Address:
- COXWOLD WAR MEMORIAL WITHIN THE CHURCHYARD OF SAINT MICHAEL'S CHURCH
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391072
- Date first listed:
- 31-Aug-2004
- List Entry Name:
- Coxwold War Memorial Within the Churchyard of Saint Michael's Church
- Statutory Address 1:
- COXWOLD WAR MEMORIAL WITHIN THE CHURCHYARD OF SAINT MICHAEL'S CHURCH
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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:
- COXWOLD WAR MEMORIAL WITHIN THE CHURCHYARD OF SAINT MICHAEL'S CHURCH
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Coxwold
- National Park:
- North York Moors
- National Grid Reference:
- SE5333677196
Details
COXWOLD
1335/0/10004 Coxwold War Memorial within the church
31-AUG-04 yard of Saint Michael's Church
GV II
War Memorial. 1919. Temple Moore [executant Leslie Moore]. Sandstone. Cross with tapering shaft of octagonal section which has a moulded knop and socle. The arms of the cross are cusped. The cross stands above an octagonal plinth which dies to a square body via broaches. Below are 3 steps.
The inscription is in Gothic script to the plinth and steps and reads: "IN PROUD AND/AFFECTIONATE/MEMORY OF THESE/MEN WHO FELL IN THE/GREAT WAR 1914-1918". A design for a cross was commissioned from Temple Moore and presented to a parish meeting in October 1919. Following Temple Moore's death the executant architect was his son, Leslie Moore. The memorial was dedicated at a service on May 8th 1921 and cost £150 17s.
The cross forms a group with the church of St. Michael, Coxwold [q.v.].
Source: Geoffrey K. Brandwood, "Temple Moore", Stamford, 1997, pp. 243 & 257.
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 February 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 491964
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Brandwood, GK, Temple Moore: An Architect of the Late Gothic Revival, (1997), 243 257
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 1 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/29554
War Memorials Online, accessed 1 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/94746
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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