War Memorial, Village Green
WAR MEMORIAL, VILLAGE GREEN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391546
- Date first listed:
- 17-Mar-2006
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial, Village Green
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL, VILLAGE GREEN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391546
- Date first listed:
- 17-Mar-2006
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial, Village Green
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAR MEMORIAL, VILLAGE GREEN
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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:
- WAR MEMORIAL, VILLAGE GREEN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Simonburn
- National Grid Reference:
- NY 87143 73598
Details
SIMONBURN
1388/0/10007 War Memorial, Village Green
17-MAR-06
II
War Memorial, 1920 by Messrs Hart, Son, Peard and Co. Ltd. Stone. Celtic cross; cross head decorated with Celtic interlace carving. Tall tapering shaft mounted on rectangular plinth with inset rectangular panel on FRONT FACE bearing the inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND/ IN ABIDING MEMORY OF THOSE MEN/ OF THE PARISH OF SIMONBURN/ WHO FOR HOME AND COUNTRY SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR THIS/CROSS HERE STANDS IN OUR MIDST/ MDCCCCXX
3-stepped base below.
HISTORY: The memorial was designed and sculpted by Hart, Son, Peard & Co. of London and Birmingham, better known as artistic metalworkers specialising in ecclesiastical manufacturer and most widely associated with the Arts and Crafts movement. It was unveiled on 30th May 1920 by Brig. Gen. W.H. Allgood, C.M.G., D.S.O. It was dedicated by the Rector of Simonburn. Seventy nine men from the area served, 10 died and 12 were wounded.
Sources: North East War Memorials Project Ref 34237
www.achome.co.uk/movements/firms.htm
This simple First World War memorial by Hart, Son, Peard and Co, in the form of a decorated Celtic cross, forms an attractive memorial to those who fought and those who fell in the First World War.
Recommended for listing in Grade II.
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, 9 February 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 494774
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 9 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/34237
War Memorials Online, accessed 9 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/215240
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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