War Memorial
WAR MEMORIAL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393512
- Date first listed:
- 11-Nov-2009
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393512
- Date first listed:
- 11-Nov-2009
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAR MEMORIAL
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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Forest of Dean (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Huntley
- National Grid Reference:
- SO7238819339
Reasons for Designation
The war memorial alongside the A40 in Huntley has been designated in Grade II for the following principal reasons: * An eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this community * The quality of the design and craftsmanship of this sombre and dignified memorial, and its inscriptions * Group value with the adjacent listed stocks (Grade II), both forming elements of this public area of the village, within which the memorial is prominently sited
Details
502/0/10026
11-NOV-09
HUNTLEY
(North side)
War Memorial
GV
II
A war memorial dating from circa 1921, constructed from stone, with inlaid lead inscriptions. The monument takes the form of a cross on an octagonal shaft and stepped octagonal pedestal and wider, stepped octagonal base. The cross is surmounted by a calvary. The inscription, inlaid in lead, reads ERECTED / TO THE MEMORY OF / THE MEN / OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / ALSO 1939-1945. The remaining seven sides carry the names of the 20 men who died in World War One, and the two who died in World War Two. The memorial is surrounded by spear-headed railings and accessed by a pedestrian gate set between iron piers with moulded caps.
HISTORY: The war memorial at Huntley was erected in circa 1921, appearing on the 1922 Ordnance Survey map for the first time. It commemorated the 20 men of the village who had lost their lives in the course of World War One. It was set up in a prominent roadside position towards the eastern end of the village, alongside the main Ross-on-Wye to Gloucester (A40). Following World War Two, the names of those men who had died in that conflict were added to the memorial.
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The war memorial alongside the A40 in Huntley is designated at Grade II, for the following principal reasons:
* An eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this community
* The quality of the design and craftsmanship of this sombre and dignified memorial, and its inscriptions
* Group value with the adjacent listed stocks (Grade II) in this public area of the village, within which the memorial is prominently sited
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, 4 September 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 507183
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 10 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/20630
War Memorials Online, accessed 4 September 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/103427
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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