War Memorial Lychgate at St Michael and All Angels Church
WAR MEMORIAL LYCHGATE AT ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS CHURCH
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391726
- Date first listed:
- 10-Aug-2006
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial Lychgate at St Michael and All Angels Church
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL LYCHGATE AT ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS CHURCH
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391726
- Date first listed:
- 10-Aug-2006
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial Lychgate at St Michael and All Angels Church
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAR MEMORIAL LYCHGATE AT ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS CHURCH
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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 LYCHGATE AT ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS CHURCH
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Leafield
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 31811 15323
Details
LEAFIELD
1292/0/10002 Leafield War Memorial Lychgate at St M
10-AUG-06 ichael and All Angels Church
GV II
War memorial lychgate, erected at the entrance to the churchyard of St. Michael and All Angels' Parish Church (listed grade II*) after the First World War to honour the men of Leafield who served and died during the conflict. Also bears the names of Second-War dead.
MATERIALS: Limestone side walls, Cotswold stone tile roof, timber (presumably oak) gate, gatepost, and heavy scissor braces.
EXTERIOR: The lychgate comprises an outer structure of limestone side walls supporting a pitched roof (gable to the front) of Cotswold stone tiles beneath which are decorative barge boards. The broad, single, gate, with heavy iron strapwork, has a substantial gate post to either side. These are set out from heavy, decorative, scissor-braces which are set into heavy base-plates. These themselves are set slightly inside, and braced against, the stone side walls. Broad planking occupies the upper parts of the gables to front and rear. On the front face is inscribed IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE / MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO LAID / DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR followed by twenty names. Beneath this is inscribed 1939-45 accompanied by ten names.
HISTORY: Leafield's churchyard lychgate was erected after the First World War, probably in the 1920s, to honour the village's war dead. The names of those who died in the Second World War were added later.
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE: War memorials erected by communities to honour their war dead are generally considered of special interest because of their very strong historic and cultural significance, both on a local and a national scale. The lychgate is also of architectural interest as a well-crafted 1920s structure which complements the two already listed structures, the village church and the village cross. As a poignant reminder of the sacrifice of a small community in the wars of first half of the C20 and for this architectural interest and group value, Leafield's lychgate war memorial is listed at 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, 11 January 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 495212
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 11 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/31574
War Memorials Online, accessed 11 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/92743
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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