War Memorial
WAR MEMORIAL, MARKET PLACE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393064
- Date first listed:
- 11-Mar-2008
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL, MARKET PLACE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393064
- Date first listed:
- 11-Mar-2008
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAR MEMORIAL, MARKET PLACE
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:
- WAR MEMORIAL, MARKET PLACE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- Breckland (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Dereham
- National Grid Reference:
- TF9885513455
Reasons for Designation
War memorials have a strong historical and cultural significance on both a local and national level. This is a good example of a memorial in the form of a cenotaph. It is an imposing monument in a prominent location in the centre of East Dereham and also has group value with a number of nearby listed buildings
Details
640/0/10038
DEREHAM
MARKET PLACE
War Memorial
11-MAR-08
GV II
A war memorial unveiled in 1922.
MATERIALS: The memorial is constructed of Cornish grey granite with inscribed bronze plaques.
DESCRIPTION: The monument stands approximately 4 metres high and consists of a cenotaph surmounting a two-stepped base. The bronze plaques on the cenotaph are inscribed `IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF EAST DEREHAM WHO FELL/ IN THE TWO WORLD WARS 1914-1918 1939-1945/ 1914-1918/ (NAMES)/ 1939-1945/ (NAMES)'.
HISTORY: This memorial is thought to have been inspired by Sir Edwin Lutyens's cenotaph in Whitehall. It was originally dedicated to the men of Dereham who died in the First World War and was subsequently also dedicated to the dead of the Second World War.
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE: War memorials have a very strong historical and cultural significance on both a local and national scale. This is a good example of a memorial in the form of a cenotaph. It is in an imposing monument in a prominent location in the centre of Dereham and also has group value with a number of nearby listed buildings.
TF9885513455
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 20 January 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 495855
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 20 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/19748
War Memorials Online, accessed 20 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/104292
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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