Landkey War Memorial
LANDKEY WAR MEMORIAL, MANOR ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393873
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jul-2010
- List Entry Name:
- Landkey War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- LANDKEY WAR MEMORIAL, MANOR ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393873
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jul-2010
- List Entry Name:
- Landkey War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- LANDKEY WAR MEMORIAL, MANOR ROAD
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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:
- LANDKEY WAR MEMORIAL, MANOR ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- North Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Landkey
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 59576 31147
Reasons for Designation
The war memorial at Landkey is recommended for designation at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historical: as a poignant reminder of the tragic impact of world events upon this small community * Design: for the design and craftsmanship of the striking granite patee cross * Group Value: with the nearby Methodist Church (listed at Grade II)
Details
LANDKEY
1615/0/10008 MANOR ROAD
12-JUL-10 Landkey War Memorial
GV II
Also Known As: Landkey War Memorial, BLAKES HILL ROAD
War memorial. Circa 1919. Granite. A tall patee cross with chamfered edges, stopped above the base - the form of cross is particularly associated with the medieval wayside and churchyard crosses of Cornwall and Devon. The cross is supported by a rectangular block with shouldered corners, carrying the inscriptions in metal letters: the fallen of the First World War are commemorated on the east face, and those of the Second World War on the north face. The memorial is raised on two octagonal steps of the same granite, and the whole is surrounded on three sides by a low stone wall, with railings completing the west side of the enclosure.
HISTORY: The war memorial was built circa 1919, to commemorate the nine men of the parish of Landkey who fell in the First World War of 1914-18; the names of the four lost in the Second World War of 1939-45 were added later. The memorial occupies a prominent position within the village, facing east, at a fork in the road in front of Landkey's Methodist Chapel (q.v.).
SOURCES
http:/www.ukniwm.org.uk/ (United Kingdom National Inventory of War Memorials) accessed on 27 April 2010
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION
The war memorial at Landkey is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historical: as a poignant reminder of the tragic impact of world events upon this small community
* Design: for the design and craftsmanship of the striking granite patee cross
* Group Value: with the nearby Methodist Church (listed at Grade II)
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, 8 December 2016.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 508119
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 27/14/2010 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/25635
War Memorials Online, accessed 08/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/98516
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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