Lych Gate War Memorial at Cropwell Butler Cemetery
LYCH GATE WAR MEMORIAL AT CROPWELL BUTLER CEMETERY, CROPWELL BISHOP ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1396456
- Date first listed:
- 11-Feb-2011
- List Entry Name:
- Lych Gate War Memorial at Cropwell Butler Cemetery
- Statutory Address:
- LYCH GATE WAR MEMORIAL AT CROPWELL BUTLER CEMETERY, CROPWELL BISHOP ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1396456
- Date first listed:
- 11-Feb-2011
- List Entry Name:
- Lych Gate War Memorial at Cropwell Butler Cemetery
- Statutory Address 1:
- LYCH GATE WAR MEMORIAL AT CROPWELL BUTLER CEMETERY, CROPWELL BISHOP 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:
- LYCH GATE WAR MEMORIAL AT CROPWELL BUTLER CEMETERY, CROPWELL BISHOP ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Nottinghamshire
- District:
- Rushcliffe (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Cropwell Butler
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 68682 36832
Details
CROPWELL BUTLER
1799/0/10014 CROPWELL BISHOP ROAD
11-FEB-11 LYCH GATE WAR MEMORIAL AT CROPWELL BUT
LER CEMETERY
II
Lych gate war memorial commemorating the fallen from the First World War, erected at the entrance of Cropwell Butler Cemetery in 1920.
The lych gate is a timber-framed structure of oak resting on stone plinths. It is square in plan, with gables to the front and back with straight, moulded barge boards. The roof is clad in plain red tiles and is surmounted by a wooden Latin cross. The structure has a common rafter roof of four trusses, the first and last defined by close studding and arch braces. It has a pair of plank and batten gates with open panels at the top, flanked by straight timber wings, the posts of which have decorative finials. The eastfacing end of the two wall plates are carved with the date 1919, and the east-facing tie beam is carved with the inscription 'DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY'. Inside the lych gate, on the right hand side, there is a bronze plaque inscribed with 'TYTHBY-CUM-CROPWELL BUTLER THIS LYCH GATE IS ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 -1919' (names) 'DUTY BRAVELY DONE'.
HISTORY: The lych gate memorial forms the entrance to Cropwell Butler Cemetery which had been consecrated in 1905. After the First World War the parishioners raised a subscription to replace the existing cemetery gates with the lych gate memorial which was erected in 1920. In 2009 the rotten posts resting on the stone plinth were repaired and parts of the side wings were replaced.
SOURCES:
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION DECISION
The lych gate war memorial in Cropwell Butler, erected in 1920, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: the memorial has special historic interest commemorating those members of the community who died in the First World War. Given the historic function of the lych gate as a resting place for a coffin before the arrival of the officiating clergy, it is a fitting memorial to those whose final resting place is either unknown or abroad.
* Architectural interest: the simple timber-framed design compares favourably with other listed examples of C20 lych gate war memorials.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 509187
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 3 December 2010 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/34
War Memorials Online, accessed 24 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/122407
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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