Bere Regis War Memorial
BERE REGIS WAR MEMORIAL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1392623
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jun-2008
- List Entry Name:
- Bere Regis War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- BERE REGIS WAR MEMORIAL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1392623
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jun-2008
- List Entry Name:
- Bere Regis War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- BERE REGIS WAR MEMORIAL
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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:
- BERE REGIS WAR MEMORIAL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Bere Regis
- National Grid Reference:
- SY 84760 94782
Reasons for Designation
REASON FOR DESIGNATION DECISION The war memorial in Bere Regis has been designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * It is a modest but eloquent witness to the impact of tragic world events on this community. * It has group value with the adjoining church which is listed at Grade I.
Details
BERE REGIS
101/0/10007 Bere Regis War Memorial
25-JUN-08
GV II
War memorial, early C20.
MATERIALS: Stone.
DESCRIPTION: A simple cross head and tapering chamfered shaft, probably of Portland stone, set upon a square plinth. It stands on a base of three steps. The inscription on the plinth runs around the four sides and reads: `IN GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR / LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY / 1914-19 (surname and regiment)'. Those who lost their lives in the Second World War are commemorated on a separate stone fixed to the steps on the north side of the memorial. It is inscribed: `1939-1945 / (surname and regiment)'.
HISTORY: This war memorial was erected to commemorate those who died during the Great War. A separate inscription stone was added later for those men who died in the Second World War.
REASON FOR DESIGNATION DECISION
The war memorial in Bere Regis is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* It is a modest but eloquent witness to the impact of tragic world events on this community.
* It has group value with the adjoining church, which is listed at Grade I.
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, 7 December 2016.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 503992
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 07/12/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/926
War Memorials Online, accessed 07/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/121583
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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