WAR MEMORIAL NEAR CASTLE PENCAIR FORT

WAR MEMORIAL NEAR CASTLE PENCAIR FORT, TREGONNING HILL

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Overview

War Memorial. Granite. A three stepped square base of coursed snecked stone surmounted by a roughly hewn granite Celtic cross on a plinth. On the stone plinth to the base of the cross is the inscription in lead lettering:"TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN REVERED AND HONOURED MEMORY/OF THE BRAVE MEN OF ST GERMOE,/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING & COUNTRY/1914 - 1918./ERNEST ANDREW./LEONARD LAITY./ERNEST RICHARDS./SAMPSON RICHARDS./LEST WE FORGET". A granite stone plaque has been inserted into the top stone step with the inscription in lead lettering:"ALSO IN MEMEORY OF THOSE WHO/FELL IN THE WAR 1939-1945./ERVIN ANDREWS/STANLEY JOHNS/WILLIAM COURTENY WHITE". Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1392562
Date first listed:: 25-Apr-2008
List Entry Name:: WAR MEMORIAL NEAR CASTLE PENCAIR FORT
Statutory Address:: WAR MEMORIAL NEAR CASTLE PENCAIR FORT, TREGONNING HILL

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1392562
Date first listed:: 25-Apr-2008
List Entry Name:: WAR MEMORIAL NEAR CASTLE PENCAIR FORT
Statutory Address 1:: WAR MEMORIAL NEAR CASTLE PENCAIR FORT, TREGONNING HILL

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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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: WAR MEMORIAL NEAR CASTLE PENCAIR FORT, TREGONNING HILL

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

District:: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Germoe
National Grid Reference:: SW5989930056

Reasons for Designation

The Germoe War Memorial has been designated at Grade II, for the following principal reasons: * As an eloquent witness to the impact of tragic world events on this community. * The competent design and craftsmanship of this war memorial, with roughly hewn granite stone Celtic cross. * The setting of the war memorial on the scheduled hillfort.

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GERMOE

1528/0/10011 TREGONNING HILL 25-APR-08 War Memorial near Castle Pencair Fort

II War Memorial. Granite. A three stepped square base of coursed snecked stone surmounted by a roughly hewn granite Celtic cross on a plinth. On the stone plinth to the base of the cross is the inscription in lead lettering: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN REVERED AND HONOURED MEMORY/OF THE BRAVE MEN OF ST GERMOE,/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING & COUNTRY/1914 - 1918./ERNEST ANDREW./LEONARD LAITY./ERNEST RICHARDS./SAMPSON RICHARDS./LEST WE FORGET". A granite stone plaque has been inserted into the top stone step with the inscription in lead lettering: "ALSO IN MEMEORY OF THOSE WHO/FELL IN THE WAR 1939-1945./ERVIN ANDREWS/STANLEY JOHNS/WILLIAM COURTENY WHITE".

SOURCES: http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.9371/fromUkniwmSearch/1

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION The Germoe War Memorial is designated at Grade II, for the following principal reasons: * As an eloquent witness to the impact of tragic world events on this community * The competent design and craftsmanship of this war memorial, with roughly hewn granite stone Celtic cross * The setting of the war memorial on the scheduled hillfort

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, 13 December 2016.

Legacy

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Legacy System number:: 504699
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 13/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/113996
War Memorials Register, accessed 13/12/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/9371

Legal

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