Bus shelter/War Memorial

Bus shelter/War Memorial, The Green

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Overview

A thatched timber shelter, dating from 1949, erected as a memorial to the men of the village who fell in World War Two; it was built by local craftsmen to a design by Mr Castle, of the Warwickshire Rural Community Council. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1392305
Date first listed:: 07-Nov-2007
List Entry Name:: Bus shelter/War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Bus shelter/War Memorial, The Green

Plan. Proposed bus shelter, Dunchurch. — Uploaded by Paul Waller This photo may not represent the current condition of the site
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1392305
Date first listed:: 07-Nov-2007
List Entry Name:: Bus shelter/War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Bus shelter/War Memorial, The Green

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:: Bus shelter/War Memorial, The Green

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

County:: Warwickshire
District:: Rugby (District Authority)
Parish:: Dunchurch
National Grid Reference:: SP4842971257

Reasons for Designation

The memorial bus shelter on The Green at Dunchurch is listed Grade II, for the following principal reasons: * A witness to the tragic impact of world events on this community, which supported and celebrated its construction * Its use of local materials and craftsmanship reflecting local vernacular building traditions of timber frame and thatch, which complements its surroundings * Group value with the numerous listed buildings and structures in the village centre around the shelter, especially the nearby C18 stocks and K6 telephone kiosk, also on The Green, forming a public focus for the conservation area

Details

1724/0/10047

DUNCHURCH THE GREEN Bus shelter/war memorial 07-NOV-07

GV II A thatched timber shelter, dating from 1949, erected as a memorial to the men of the village who fell in World War Two; it was built by local craftsmen to a design by Mr Castle, of the Warwickshire Rural Community Council.

MATERIALS: The shelter is built from local ash and elm timbers, with a thatched roof of native fir thatched with reed.

PLAN: The shelter is a simple rectangle on plan.

EXTERIOR: The structure consists of upright rustic ash poles, clad to eaves height to the rear of the shelter, with wide, waney-edged elm boards, which rise to half-height on the front and to the sides of the shelter. The thatched roof is hipped, and has a decorative ridge.

INTERIOR: The interior has a continuous timber bench running around three sides, and the underside of the roof is clad in softwood tongue-and-groove timber.

HISTORY: The bus shelter was endowed by a local dignitary, Alderman A L Adkinson, JP, then Chairman of Dunchurch Parish Council, in 1949, as a World War II war memorial. Minutes from the Parish Council meetings of that year record the Alderman's proposal, and later, discussions on the style and positioning of the shelter, which was designed by a Mr Castle, Rural Industries Organiser for Warwickshire Rural Community Council. It was deliberately constructed using local materials in a style which reflected the local vernacular traditions of timber framing and thatch. The official opening took place on 14 December 1949, as part of a ceremony during which the Vice-Chairman of the Parish Council thanked the Alderman for his gift and formally accepted the bus shelter as a war memorial maintainable under the War Memorials (Local Authorities' Powers) Act 1923. The ceremony and dedication was reported in detail in the Rugby Advertiser on 16 December 1949.

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION DECISION: The memorial bus shelter on The Green at Dunchurch is listed at Grade II, for the following principal reasons: * A witness to the tragic impact of world events on this community, which supported and celebrated its construction * Its use of local materials and craftsmanship reflecting local vernacular building traditions of timber frame and thatch, which complements its surroundings * Group value with the numerous listed buildings and structures in the village centre around the shelter, especially the nearby C18 stocks and K6 telephone kiosk, also on The Green, forming a public focus for the 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, 17 January 2017.

Legacy

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Legacy System number:: 504249
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 17 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/70320
War Memorials Register, accessed 17 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/55343

Legal

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