War Memorial, Western Road Muncipal Cemetery
War Memorial, Western Road Muncipal Cemetery, Western Road
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1392864
- Date first listed:
- 10-Mar-2008
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial, Western Road Muncipal Cemetery
- Statutory Address:
- War Memorial, Western Road Muncipal Cemetery, Western Road
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1392864
- Date first listed:
- 10-Mar-2008
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial, Western Road Muncipal Cemetery
- Statutory Address 1:
- War Memorial, Western Road Muncipal Cemetery, Western Road
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
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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:
- War Memorial, Western Road Muncipal Cemetery, Western Road
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- West Sussex
- District:
- Mid Sussex (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Haywards Heath
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 34083 23867
Reasons for Designation
The war memorial at Haywards Heath is recommended for designation at Grade II for the following principal reason: * A simple yet elegant memorial, featuring a stone crucifix, and representing the impact of tragic world events on this community.
Details
1349/0/10018
HAYWARDS HEATH
WESTERN ROAD
War Memorial, Western Road Muncipal Cemetery
10-MAR-08
II
A war memorial of limestone and ashlar commemorating those fallen in war in the period 1914-1919.
DESCRIPTION: the war memorial consists of a simple carved stone crucifixion with INRI scroll above, on the north side of the municipal cemetery. The crucifixion is set into a socket, which in turn sits on a four step calvary. The socket bears the legend 'PRAY FOR THE SOULS OF THOSE FALLEN IN THE WAR 1914-1919'. The Crucifixion and inscription face west, and the other sides of the memorial have no decoration or inscriptions. The whole is about 2m high.
HISTORY: the war memorial is not recorded on the National Inventory of War Memorials but it commemorates those fallen in war in the period 1914 to 1919 and is believed to have been erected c.1920. The Register of Graves held by Haywards Heath Town Council records that Mrs Emma Francis Stanton bought two plots at Western Road Cemetery, Haywards Heath to erect a war memorial.
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION:
The War Memorial at Haywards Heath is designated at Grade II for the following principal reason:
* A simple yet elegant war memorial, featuring a stone crucifix, and representing the impact of tragic world events on this community.
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, 5 December 2016.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 503414
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 05/12/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/58796
War Memorials Online, accessed 05/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/67199
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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