War Memorial Clock Tower
Clock Tower War Memorial, Bank Square, St Just, Penwith, Cornwall
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1400188
- Date first listed:
- 09-Jun-2011
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial Clock Tower
- Statutory Address:
- Clock Tower War Memorial, Bank Square, St Just, Penwith, Cornwall
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1400188
- Date first listed:
- 09-Jun-2011
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial Clock Tower
- Location Description:
- War Memorial Clock Tower on south side of Bank Square, St Just.
- Statutory Address 1:
- Clock Tower War Memorial, Bank Square, St Just, Penwith, Cornwall
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:
- Clock Tower War Memorial, Bank Square, St Just, Penwith, Cornwall
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- St. Just
- National Grid Reference:
- SW3703131440
Summary
A roughcast concrete war memorial clock tower, unveiled in 1931, designed by Henry Thomas and sited in a prominent position at the edge of the town's medieval amphitheatre.
Reasons for Designation
The St Just-in-Penwith War Memorial Clock Tower is designated at Grade II, for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: it is poignant reminder of the impact of the First and Second World Wars on the community and commemorates its fallen servicemen
* Architectural interest: a modest yet elegant tower with well-executed, simple detailing, such as its moulded spirelet roof
* Group value: it has visual group value with the neighbouring listed buildings and the scheduled medieval amphitheatre, and makes a positive and important contribution to the street scene
History
The great age of memorial building following the First World War gave communities an opportunity to honour and mark their fallen. The clock tower memorial at St Just-in-Penwith is a relatively late erection in the national context, as it was not dedicated until 1931, which may have been due to the time taken raising funds to pay for it.
Details
A roughcast concrete war memorial clock tower, unveiled in 1931, designed by Henry Thomas and sited in a prominent position at the edge of the town's medieval amphitheatre.
The square-plan memorial consists of a three-stepped base, upon which stands a plinth with moulded cornice. From this rises the plain square shaft of the clock tower terminating in a cornice adjoining the upper-stage which has a clock face within simple moulding on each of the four sides. It has a squat arching spirelet with a lucarne on each side, and a weather vane. On the plinth are tablets inscribed with lead lettering; on the north is 'THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED IN GRATEFUL / MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FROM THIS TOWN / GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918', followed by a roll of honour. On the east and west sides of the plinth the tablets are inscribed 'IN MEMORIAM / WORLD WAR 1939-1945', with the names of the fallen. There is a low, decorative iron fence around the base.
It is sited in a prominent position at the edge of the town's medieval amphitheatre and has group value with neighbouring listed buildings.
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, 5 October 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 13 December 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/9276
War Memorials Online, accessed 5 October 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/153773
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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