Winchelsea War Memorial
WINCHELSEA WAR MEMORIAL, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393649
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jan-2010
- List Entry Name:
- Winchelsea War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- WINCHELSEA WAR MEMORIAL, HIGH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393649
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jan-2010
- List Entry Name:
- Winchelsea War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- WINCHELSEA WAR MEMORIAL, HIGH STREET
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:
- WINCHELSEA WAR MEMORIAL, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- East Sussex
- District:
- Rother (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Icklesham
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ9044917408
Reasons for Designation
Winchelsea War Memorial is designated at Grade II, for the following principal reasons: * an elegantly designed stone cross which reflects its historic setting * of strong historical significance for showing the tragic impact of world events on this community.
Details
754/0/10019
29-JAN-10
HIGH STREET
Winchelsea
Winchelsea War Memorial
GV
II
War memorial for the dead of the First World War and Second World War, by an unknown designer.
MATERIAL: Stone shaft and base.
DESCRIPTION: The tapered octagonal shaft, which is decorated by carved flower bosses in relief, is surmounted by a wheel cross. The shaft is on a three tier octagonal stone base. The inscription on seven sides of the top tier reads: 'IN REMEMBRANCE OF / THE SAILORS AND SOLDIERS / OF THE EMPIRE IN THE / GREAT WAR FOR HUMAN / (NAMES)'; 'LIBERTY 1914-1918 AND / ESPECIALLY THESE / WINCHELSEA MEN WHOSE / GRAVES ARE IN THE / (NAMES)'; 'LAND WHERE THEY FELL / BUT WHOSE NAMES WILL / LONG BE HELD IN HONOUR / IN THEIR NATIVE TOWN. / (NAMES)'; with the following being added following the Second World War 'ALSO IN REMEMBRANCE / OF THOSE WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN / THE 1939 - 1945 WAR / (NAMES)'; 'THEIR NAME LIVETH / FOR EVERMORE'; 'WE PRAY YOU ALSO REMEMBER BASIL / LEES INDERWICK OF / THE CANADIAN FORCES / BURIED AT WINCHELSEA / JANUARY 18TH 1916'; and finally, 'BECAUSE I LIVE YE / SHALL LIVE ALSO'. In total 15 people are remembered on the memorial. There is a quatrefoil design on the side of the middle tier, which is deep and corbelled, to make a seating platform around the monument. The lower tier is very shallow and undecorated.
HISTORY: The decision to erect a memorial for the fallen servicemen of the parish was taken at a public meeting in Winchelsea on 24 January 1919, organised by an ad hoc committee under churchwarden, Mr Charles Campion. The resulting monument was funded by public subscription. It was dedicated in 1920.
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: Winchelsea War Memorial is listed at Grade II, for the following principal reasons:
* an elegantly designed stone cross which reflects its historic setting
* of strong historical significance for showing the tragic impact of 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, 1 December 2016.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 507561
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 01/12/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/17107
War Memorials Online, accessed 01/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/106822
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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