SHOTESHAM WAR MEMORIAL

SHOTESHAM WAR MEMORIAL, THE STREET

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War Memorial, 1920, designed by Henry Leicester Hicks. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1394022
Date first listed:: 04-Oct-2010
List Entry Name:: SHOTESHAM WAR MEMORIAL
Statutory Address:: SHOTESHAM WAR MEMORIAL, THE STREET

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1394022
Date first listed:: 04-Oct-2010
List Entry Name:: SHOTESHAM WAR MEMORIAL
Statutory Address 1:: SHOTESHAM WAR MEMORIAL, THE STREET

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: SHOTESHAM WAR MEMORIAL, THE STREET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Norfolk
District:: South Norfolk (District Authority)
Parish:: Shotesham
National Grid Reference:: TM 24634 99043

Reasons for Designation

The Shotesham War Memorial is designated for the following principal reasons: * Historical: It is a moving reminder of the impact of the First World War on both large and small communities, and of the sacrifice they suffered. * Design: Its elegant design by a reputable church architect is an imposing setting for the names of those who died in the First World War.

Details

76/0/10016 04-OCT-10

SHOTESHAM THE STREET The Common Shotesham War Memorial

GV II

War Memorial, 1920, designed by Henry Leicester Hicks.

MATERIALS: Stone on flint and brick base.

The memorial takes the form of a tall, tapered, octagonal stone cross, the top and the ends of both arms foliated. The shaft rises from a square plinth engraved with a dedication to those men from Shotesham who gave their lives in the First World War. Two of the faces of the plinth bear inscriptions: the one on the north west reads `In proud remembrance of the Shotesham men who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1919'. The plinth stands on three octagonal steps, each face inscribed with a name. The octagonal base is of flint with brick quoins and coping.

HISTORY On 14 October 1919, at a meeting of the nearest relations of those soldiers from Shotesham who died in the First World War, it was proposed that a memorial cross should be erected on Church Hill. The following year, on 22 January, the PCC approved the plans drawn up by the architect Henry Leicester Hicks of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The cross was to be paid for by subscription, and was dedicated on 5 September 1920. The memorial was recently conserved with the assistance of funding from the English Heritage/Wolfson Foundation Grants for War Memorials scheme. This work included the reconstruction of the flint and brick base and the removal of verdigris that obscured the inscriptions.

Henry Leicester Hicks (1881 or 1882-1947) practiced in Newcastle in partnership with George Edward Charlewood. They are credited with 24 listed churches, both restorations and new designs, including the Grade II* Church of St Luke in Thornaby, Co Durham (1904).

SOURCES Dictionary of Scottish Architects website http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk, accessed 9 August 2010.

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION The Shotesham War Memorial is recommended for designation for the following principal reasons: * Historical: It is a moving reminder of the impact of the First World War on both large and small communities, and of the sacrifice they suffered. * Design: Its elegant design by a reputable church architect is an imposing setting for the names of those who died in the First World War.

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, 23 January 2017.

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Legacy System number:: 508315
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 23 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/134048
War Memorials Register, accessed 23 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/20224

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.