Chartham War Memorial
CHARTHAM WAR MEMORIAL, CHURCH LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1392299
- Date first listed:
- 05-Nov-2007
- List Entry Name:
- Chartham War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- CHARTHAM WAR MEMORIAL, CHURCH LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1392299
- Date first listed:
- 05-Nov-2007
- List Entry Name:
- Chartham War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHARTHAM WAR MEMORIAL, CHURCH LANE
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:
- CHARTHAM WAR MEMORIAL, CHURCH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Canterbury (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Chartham
- National Grid Reference:
- TR 10644 55083
Reasons for Designation
The War Memorial at Chartham is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* An eloquent witness to the impact of tragic world events on this community; * Although of a standard design, the rough-cast finish of the granite makes it an imposing monument; * Occupies a prominent position in a conservation area.
Details
CHARTHAM
956/0/10017 CHURCH LANE
05-NOV-07 CHARTHAM WAR MEMORIAL
II
War Memorial. Rough-cast granite. 1920 to commemorate the fallen of World War I with additional dedications to the fallen of World War II.
DESCRIPTION: The memorial is in the form of a wheel-head (or Celtic) cross. The west face is decorated with a sword in relief forming a second cross. The cross is mounted on a rectangular boulder-like plinth atop a two-step rectangular base. The plinth bears the following inscription on an incised panel on its west face: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/ CHARTHAM WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919. The names below, in four columns, are split into ROYAL NAVY above and H. M. ARMY below. Below the names the inscription continues "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE". The South face of the plinth contains the names of the 30 dead of World War II in two columns, again within an incised panel. The memorial is in a prominent position in front of the flint churchyard wall to the Grade I listed St Mary's Church.
HISTORY: The Chartham War Memorial was unveiled in October 1920 by Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee. The memorial records the names of 60 men killed in World War I. The population of Chartham in 1911 was approximately 1600.
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The War Memorial at Chartham is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* An eloquent witness to the impact of tragic world events on this community;
* Although of a standard design, the rough-cast finish of the granite makes it an imposing monument;
* Occupies a prominent position in a conservation area.
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:
- 502988
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 30 November 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/16379
War Memorials Online, accessed 30 November 2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/138098
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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