Shepton Mallet War Memorial
SHEPTON MALLET WAR MEMORIAL, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391564
- Date first listed:
- 12-Apr-2006
- List Entry Name:
- Shepton Mallet War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- SHEPTON MALLET WAR MEMORIAL, HIGH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391564
- Date first listed:
- 12-Apr-2006
- List Entry Name:
- Shepton Mallet War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- SHEPTON MALLET WAR MEMORIAL, HIGH STREET
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:
- SHEPTON MALLET WAR MEMORIAL, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Shepton Mallet
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 61806 43337
Details
SHEPTON MALLET
381/0/10018 HIGH STREET
12-APR-06 SHEPTON MALLET WAR MEMORIAL
II
Commemorative monument, erected in November 1920 for remembrance of the victims of the First World War and subsequently, of the Second World War.
Designed by CFW Denning an architect from Bristol, with stone carving executed by Lewis Smallcorn of Bath. Fabricated of Portland stone, it is a largely plain, rectangular column standing at 23' high, with Doric entablature and a square frieze on the upper section of the column. Two commemorative bronze memorial plaques are fixed on to the north side of the monument along with a stone carved wreath on the upper section and lower down the column,the word, 'Pax' engraved in the stone. The memorial is situated in the town centre, at the head of the High Street, where the road splits into Station Road and Cannards Grave Road.
Summary of Importance:
This relatively simple First World War Memorial forms a simple memorial and has strong local ties with the town of Shepton Mallet.
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, 14 December 2016.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 494842
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 14/12/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/1356
War Memorials Online, accessed 14/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/121165
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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