War Memorial Cross and Wall Plaque
WAR MEMORIAL CROSS AND WALL PLAQUE, THE BROADWAY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393763
- Date first listed:
- 26-Apr-2010
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial Cross and Wall Plaque
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL CROSS AND WALL PLAQUE, THE BROADWAY
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393763
- Date first listed:
- 26-Apr-2010
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial Cross and Wall Plaque
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAR MEMORIAL CROSS AND WALL PLAQUE, THE BROADWAY
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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 CROSS AND WALL PLAQUE, THE BROADWAY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Buckinghamshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Amersham
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 95870 97358, SU 95872 97365
Reasons for Designation
The World War I and World War II war memorials in the Amersham Garden of Remembrance is listed for the following principal reasons: * Architectural interest: The World War I memorial is an ornate example of the oft-used market cross style of memorial with well executed Arts and Crafts influenced floral and Gothic tracery detailing; * Historic interest: as poignant reminders of the tragic impact of world events on this community.
Details
AMERSHAM
166/0/10014 THE BROADWAY
26-APR-10 (North side)
War memorial cross and wall plaque
II
War memorials for World War I (1921 by Philip M Johnstone) and World War II (1949, designer unknown).
DESCRIPTION: The World War I memorial is of Portland stone and consists of an ornate floreate cross bearing a figure of Christ on a tall slender shaft with chamfered edges containing a foliate design and topped by an octagonal capital with floral carvings. The shaft surmounts a square plinth with chamfered corners and octagonal top section supported by a two-step base, the larger lower step having blind Gothic style tracery. The whole is enclosed by a low free-standing moulded Portland stone surround on a paved surface. An inter-war photograph of the memorial in its original location shows the surround to have been an original feature of the design.
The incised inscription on the south face of the plinth in a Gothic script reads: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF AMERSHAM WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR FOR FREEDOM. Above this at the foot of the shaft is the date A.D./ 1914-19. The names of the 80 fallen of World War I are recorded on the remaining sides of the plinth.
Just to the north of the World War I memorial is the rectangular bronze plaque, set into a projection of the brick boundary wall (the listing includes the projection but not the remainder of the boundary wall), commemorating the fallen of World War II. The inscription reads: THIS GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE IS LAID OUT/ IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THOSE FROM THIS/ PARISH WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945 with the names of the 60 fallen below.
HISTORY: Amersham War Memorial was dedicated on 10 July 1921 by the Lord Bishop of Buckingham and unveiled by Brigadier-General RJ Cooper on a site just to the south-east of St Mary's Church. The memorial was designed by a local architect, Philip M Johnstone, who had earlier designed the war memorial in Tring, and built by The Art Memorial company. In 1949 the memorial was relocated to a new Garden of Remembrance, laid out to the east of the church and which included, as well as the World War II memorial plaque, a pool with a fountain and a pavilion. This was opened by General Sir Bernard Paget.
SOURCES:
United Kingdom National Inventory of War Memorials - References 8116 and 8117
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The World War I and World War II war memorials in the Amersham Garden of Remembrance are listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Architectural interest: The World War I memorial is an ornate example of the oft-used market cross style of memorial with well executed Arts and Crafts influenced floral and Gothic tracery detailing;
* Historic Interest: as poignant reminders of the tragic impact of world events on this community.
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, 11 January 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 507685
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 11 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/8117
War Memorials Register, accessed 11 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/8116
War Memorials Online, accessed 11 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/115202
War Memorials Online, accessed 11 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/115203
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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