War Memorial
WAR MEMORIAL, A378
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393821
- Date first listed:
- 27-May-2010
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL, A378
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393821
- Date first listed:
- 27-May-2010
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAR MEMORIAL, A378
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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, A378
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Curry Rivel
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 39222 25202
Reasons for Designation
The Curry Rivel memorial honouring the parishioners who died in the First and Second World Wars is recommended for designation at Grade II, for the following principal reasons: * Historic Interest: A modest yet eloquent and poignant record of the impact of tragic world events on the community * Group value: It occupies a prominent position in the village and has good visual group value with the other listed buildings at 'Bell Corner'
Details
CURRY RIVEL
1596/0/10003 A378
27-MAY-10 War Memorial
GV II
DESCRIPTION
War memorial. Erected 1920.
MATERIALS: Built of Ham stone.
PLAN: It has a octagonal plan and it sited on a semi circular dais set back from the road.
DESCRIPTION: It consists of an octagonal plinth surmounted by a tapering square shaft topped by a fleur-de-lys cross. It stands on a four stepped octagonal base. Inscribed panels on five sides of the plinth commemorate and list the local men who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars. The south (front) face of the plinth carries the inscription: 'LEST WE FORGET / TO THE HONOURED / MEMORY OF THE MEN / OF CURRY RIVEL WHO / FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / ALSO IN THE MEMORY / OF THE FALLEN IN / THE 1939-1945 WAR'. The south east and south west sides of the plinth are inscribed with the names of the men who lost lives.
HISTORY: The great age of memorial building was in the aftermath of the First World War, and the Curry Rivel memorial was dedicated on 7 November 1920.
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION
The war memorial in Curry Rivel is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic Interest: It is a modest yet eloquent and poignant record of the impact of tragic world events on the community
* Group value: It occupies a prominent position in the village and has good visual group value with the other listed buildings at 'Bell Corner'
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:
- 508157
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 14 December 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/24903
War Memorials Online, accessed 14 December 2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/99237
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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