War Memorial
WAR MEMORIAL, CHELTENHAM ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393875
- Date first listed:
- 15-Apr-2010
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL, CHELTENHAM ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393875
- Date first listed:
- 15-Apr-2010
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAR MEMORIAL, CHELTENHAM ROAD
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, CHELTENHAM ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Stroud (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bisley-with-Lypiatt
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 90471 06097
Reasons for Designation
The war memorial in Bisley is recommended for designation at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Hisoric Interest: It is an eloquent witness to the impact of tragic world events on this community
Architectural Value: The design of distinct architectural quality and craftsmanship
Group Value: It occupies a prominent position in the centre of the village and has good visual group value with the several of listed buildings in proximity to it.
Details
BISLEY WITH LYPIATT
1372/0/10010 CHELTENHAM ROAD
15-APR-10 War memorial
GV II
War memorial. Erected 1921.
MATERIALS: Built of Cotswold stone.
PLAN: It has a square plan and is surrounded by iron railings.
DESCRIPTION: The memorial consists of a simple Celtic style wheel-head cross and a tall, tapering shaft set upon a square plinth. It stands on a base of three steps. The south (front) face of the plinth carries the inscription: 'TO THE GLORY OF / GOD / AND TO THE MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF BILSEY / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / SERVING THE KING / IN THE YEARS OF OUR LORD / 1914-18'. 'I saw...the souls of / them that were slain / for the word of GOD / ....and white robes were / given unto every one of / them, Rev VI. 9.11'. The west and east sides of the plinth are inscribed with the names of the men who lost lives; the north face carries the inscription: 'AND ALSO A THANK TO ALMIGHTY GOD FOR THE RETURN HOME OF THEIR 90 COMRADES'. 'YEA THE LORD HATH DONE GREAT THINGS FOR US ALREADY: WHEREOF WE REJOICE, PS CXXXVI'. The roll of honour naming the men who died during the Second World War is inscribed on the four sides of the upper step of the base; the front (south) face also carries the dates: '1939 / 1945'.
HISTORY: The great age of memorial building was in the aftermath of the First World War, and the Bisley memorial was dedicated on 3 April 1921.
REASON FOR DESIGNATION: The war memorial in Bisley is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Historic Interest: It is a modest but eloquent witness to the impact of tragic world events on this community. Honouring the war dead of the parish, the memorial has strong historic and cultural significance
Architectural Value: It has group value with several listed buildings in the immediate vicinity
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 July 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 507639
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 10 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/135410
War Memorials Register, accessed 25 July 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/71841
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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