Royal East Kent Yeomanry War Memorial and Associated Horse Trough
ROYAL EAST KENT YEOMANRY WAR MEMORIAL AND ASSOCIATED HORSE TROUGH, HIGH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391680
- Date first listed:
- 15-Jun-2006
- List Entry Name:
- Royal East Kent Yeomanry War Memorial and Associated Horse Trough
- Statutory Address:
- ROYAL EAST KENT YEOMANRY WAR MEMORIAL AND ASSOCIATED HORSE TROUGH, HIGH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391680
- Date first listed:
- 15-Jun-2006
- List Entry Name:
- Royal East Kent Yeomanry War Memorial and Associated Horse Trough
- Statutory Address 1:
- ROYAL EAST KENT YEOMANRY WAR MEMORIAL AND ASSOCIATED HORSE TROUGH, HIGH STREET
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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:
- ROYAL EAST KENT YEOMANRY WAR MEMORIAL AND ASSOCIATED HORSE TROUGH, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Canterbury (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TR 14910 57801
Details
856/0/10012 HIGH STREET
15-JUN-06 Royal East Kent Yeomanry War Memorial
and associated Horse Trough
II
War memorial and associated horse trough. Dedicated in 1922. Designed by Bradley Dyne.
DESCRIPTION: Portland stone column decorated with wreathed medallions on two sides bearing the regimental insignia and motto, surmounted by a coronet; below the wreaths are single broken spurs. The column is topped by an urn, and stands on a plinth on all four sides of which are stone plaques bearing inscriptions. That facing the road reads 'TO THE MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE ROYAL EAST KENT YEOMANRY', beneath which has been added 'AND KENT YEOMANRY'. At the back are simply the words 'SOUTH AFRICA 1900-1901'. Of the remaining two, one lists the campaigns in which the regiment took part in the Great War, and the other reads 'ROYAL EAST KENT YEOMANRY RAISED 1794 DISBANDED 1921'. The whole is set on a two tier square stone base.
Horse trough of granite with moulded top, an inscription, and set on feet and on a plinth.
HISTORY: The memorial was unveiled on the 15th Oct 1922, a year after the regiment was disbanded. It was dedicated by the Archbishop of Canterbury. An associated horse trough commemorates the horses of the regiment.
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE: War memorials qualify for listing because of their strong historical and cultural significance in both a local and a national context. This attractive example, set in a prominent position in the High Street and commemorating a recently disbanded local regiment, fully meets the criteria for listing. The adjacent horse trough commemmorating horses of the regiment is also of special interes, and a rare memorial to animals killed in war.
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, 30 November 2016
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 494888
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 30/11/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/1533
War Memorials Online, accessed 30/11/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/120997
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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