WAR MEMORIAL

WAR MEMORIAL, CULVERHAY

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A war memorial, dating from 1920, designed by Percy Burnell Tubbs, FRIBA (d.1933) and sculpted by Henry Poole, RA (1873-1928). Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1392023
Date first listed:: 07-Jun-2007
List Entry Name:: WAR MEMORIAL
Statutory Address:: WAR MEMORIAL, CULVERHAY

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1392023
Date first listed:: 07-Jun-2007
List Entry Name:: WAR MEMORIAL
Statutory Address 1:: WAR MEMORIAL, CULVERHAY
Statutory Address 2:: WAR MEMORIAL, OLD TOWN
Statutory Address 3:: WAR MEMORIAL, SCHOOL ROAD

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: WAR MEMORIAL, CULVERHAY
Statutory Address:: WAR MEMORIAL, OLD TOWN
Statutory Address:: WAR MEMORIAL, SCHOOL ROAD

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Gloucestershire
District:: Stroud (District Authority)
Parish:: Wotton-under-Edge
National Grid Reference:: ST7588093378

Details

WOTTON UNDER EDGE

238/0/10005 OLD TOWN 07-JUN-2007 WAR MEMORIAL CULVERHAY WAR MEMORIAL SCHOOL ROAD WAR MEMORIAL

GV II A war memorial, dating from 1920, designed by Percy Burnell Tubbs, FRIBA (d.1933) and sculpted by Henry Poole, RA (1873-1928).

MATERIALS: The monument is constructed from dressed Portland stone, with inscribed granite plaques, and a separate bronze plaque added to commemorate those who fell in World War Two.

EXTERIOR: The monument comprises an urn atop a tapering, ashlar column of square section. To its top is a Doric frieze, and the monument sits on a square plinth, set on a platform of three steps. To each side of the plinth is a rectangular granite plaque set in a limestone surround, which has a pedimented top; this has winged decoration to either side and a stylised anthemion to the apex. The eastern plaque is inscribed : 'TO THE HONOURED MEMORY / OF THE BRAVE MEN OF / WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1919 / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN / THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY / DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS'. The remaining three plaques give the names and ranks of the 114 men of the town who lost their lives in the Great War. An additional bronze plaque is situated on the eastern side, affixed to the lower part of the plinth, which is cast in relief '1939-1945', with the names and regiments of the fifteen men who fell in World War Two, set over a shield with laurel leaves.

HISTORY: The monument was erected after the end of the First World War, to a design by Percy Burnell Tubbs, RIBA, whose son, Captain S B Tubbs, is one of the men who lost their lives in the First World War commemorated by the memorial. It was carved by Henry Poole, RA (1873-1928), and was unveiled in a civic ceremony on 20 June 1920. A bronze plaque commemorating the men of the town who died in the Second World War was added after 1945.

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION DECISION: The war memorial in Wotton-under-Edge is designated in Grade II, for the following principal reasons: * An eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this community * A striking classical memorial designed by a recognised architect, Percy B Tubbs, FRIBA, and sculpted by Henry Poole, RA * The memorial is particularly poignant as one of the men commemorated was the son of the architect * Group value with the listed buildings surrounding the crossroads at which the memorial is situated

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, 10 January 2017.

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Legacy System number:: 503184
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 10 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/103315
War Memorials Register, accessed 10 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/20744

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.