War Memorial
WAR MEMORIAL, MILL ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391427
- Date first listed:
- 28-Nov-2005
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL, MILL ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391427
- Date first listed:
- 28-Nov-2005
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAR MEMORIAL, MILL ROAD
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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:
- WAR MEMORIAL, MILL ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hampshire
- District:
- East Hampshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Liss
- National Park:
- South Downs
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 77885 27642
Details
LISS
1068/0/10042 MILL ROAD
28-NOV-05 War Memorial
II
War memorial. 1921. Designer unknown. Cornish granite.
DESCRIPTION: Squat Cornish granite obelisk, set on a slightly tapering square pedestal with boldly moulded capping. This rests on stepped base, the upper tier of which has a moulded top. The west face of the pedestal has lead lettering which reads: 'To the undying memory of our victorious dead who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918'. Under this are eight names of the fallen. On the north and south faces are a further 43 names. On the east face is the inscription 'Also to commemorate the fallen in the Second World War 1939-1945' with a list of 14 names below. A further 7 names are inscribed on the upper tier of the base with 11 on the tier below.
HISTORY: Unveiled on 6th March 1921 by Major General GD Jeffreys having beeen built at a cost of £162.15s.6d.
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE: War memorials have very strong historic and cultural significance on both a local and national scale. This particular example, erected in 1921, is a simple but elegant obelisk in a prominent town centre location.
SOURCES: The Hants and Sussex News. Wednesday 9th March and Wednesday 12th April 1921 "Liss War Memorial".
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, 6 December 2016.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 494653
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 6 December 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/40327
War Memorials Online, accessed 6 December 2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/84199
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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