War Memorial
WAR MEMORIAL, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393498
- Date first listed:
- 26-Oct-2009
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL, HIGH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393498
- Date first listed:
- 26-Oct-2009
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAR MEMORIAL, HIGH STREET
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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:
- WAR MEMORIAL, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Rode
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 80511 53982
Reasons for Designation
The war memorial in Rode 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 * Honouring the war dead of the parish, the memorial has strong historic and cultural significance * It has group value with a number of listed buildings in the immediate vicinity
Details
RODE
284/0/10036 HIGH STREET
26-OCT-09 War Memorial
GV II
War memorial. 1920. Designed by local architect Edwin Wooley.
MATERIALS: Portland stone.
PLAN: It has a square plan and is surrounded by stone bollards with chains between.
DESCRIPTION: The memorial consists of a decorated Latin cross head and an octagonal shaft, set upon a square plinth. It stands on a base of three steps. There are plaques attached to the plinth (all renewed in 2008), three of which commemorate and list the local men who lost their lives during the First World War. The inscriptions are in black painted lettering and read: THE / VILLAGERS TRIBUTE / TO THEIR GLORIOUS DEAD / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / AD 1914-1918 / "THE LORD HATH WROUGHT GREAT THINGS BY THEM THROUGH HIS GREAT POWER" / THESE MEN OF OURS, UNSELFISH, UNAFRAID / WENT TO THE WORLD WIDE FIGHT / FORGET NOT HOW THEY FOUGHT AND HOW WE PRAYED / FOR ENGLAND AND FOR RIGHT. Two further plaques list the men of Rode who lost their lives in the Great War and the Second World War respectively.
HISTORY: The great age of memorial building was in the aftermath of the First World War. The war memorial in the Rode was erected in 1920 to commemorate those men who died during the Great War. It was designed by Edwin Wooley, a local architect, and funding for the memorial, which cost £220, was raised by public subscription.
REASON FOR DESIGNATION: The war memorial in Rode 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
* Honouring the war dead of the parish, the memorial has strong historic and cultural significance
* It has group value with a number of listed buildings in the immediate vicinity
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, 14 December 2016.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 506871
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 14 December 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/1372
War Memorials Online, accessed 14 December 2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/121149
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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