War Memorial
WAR MEMORIAL, SEVERALLS PARK AVENUE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393513
- Date first listed:
- 11-Nov-2009
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL, SEVERALLS PARK AVENUE
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393513
- Date first listed:
- 11-Nov-2009
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAR MEMORIAL, SEVERALLS PARK AVENUE
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, SEVERALLS PARK AVENUE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Crewkerne
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 44148 09115
Reasons for Designation
The war memorial in Severalls Park Avenue in Crewkerne has been designated at Grade II, for the following principal reasons: * An eloquent witness to the impact of tragic world events on this community * Its unusual design, made from Cornish granite, is a powerful memorial to those who died in the First World War and has particular interest for its deliberate reference to earlier, prehistoric funerary monuments * Its strong historical and cultural significance in both a local and national context.
Details
CREWKERNE
876-1/0/10004 SEVERALLS PARK AVENUE
11-NOV-09 War Memorial
II
War memorial for the dead of the First World War. Unveiled in June 1922. Designed by Hubert Worthington (1886-1963); figure carved by F Worth.
MATERIAL: Of Cornish granite.
DESCRIPTION: It stands on two deep octagonal steps. The upper step carries the inscription: `TO THE 127 MEN OF CREWKERNE / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 / 1918'. The pedestal consists of large blocks of stone resembling a dolmen (a megalithic tomb). The horizontal triangular capstone carries a carved granite figure of a standing infantryman which stands approximately 1.35m tall.
HISTORY: Following an appeal which was launched in 1919, the Severalls Park memorial was unveiled in June 1922 to commemorate the 127 local men who were killed during the Great War. Its design was based on the war memorial in Lelant in Cornwall. However, instead of a wheel-head cross, it is surmounted by the figure of a soldier. This was carved by F Wood of the Oxford City School of Art, though formerly of the Penzance School of Art, who was responsible for designing the Lelant memorial. Worthington's scheme also included planting 127 trees in Severalls Park in memory of the men who had died.
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION:
The war memorial in Severalls Park Avenue,Crewkerne is designated at Grade II, for the following principal reasons:
* An eloquent witness to the impact of tragic world events on this community
* Its unusual design, made from Cornish granite, is a powerful memorial to those who died in the First World War and has particular interest for its deliberate reference to earlier, prehistoric funerary monuments
* Its strong historical and cultural significance in both a local and national context.
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, 25 October 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 506870
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 25 October 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/1327
War Memorials Online, accessed 25 October 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/121192
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 14-Jul-2026 at 10:57:09.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.