War Memorial at Landue Bridge
A388, Lezat, Cornwall
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1403224
- Date first listed:
- 31-Aug-2011
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial at Landue Bridge
- Statutory Address:
- A388, Lezat, Cornwall
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1403224
- Date first listed:
- 31-Aug-2011
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial at Landue Bridge
- Statutory Address 1:
- A388, Lezat, Cornwall
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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:
- A388, Lezat, Cornwall
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Lezant
- National Grid Reference:
- SX3465679725
Summary
War memorial, 1921, constructed of roughly hewn granite.
Reasons for Designation
The war memorial at Landue Bridge, located on the A388, and erected in 1921 to commemorate the fallen of WW1, is designated at Grade II, for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: it has strong cultural and historical significance within both a local and national context as an eloquent witness to the impact of tragic world events on this community;
* Architectural interest: an elegant war memorial which takes the simple form of the Celtic cross, befitting its sombre purpose.
History
At a Public Meeting on the 17 November 1919 it was agreed that a granite cross be erected at Landue Bridge, on land given by Mr Tregoning of Landue, to commemorate those who lost their lives during the WW1. The cost of the memorial was met by public subscription. The war memorial was unveiled on Sunday, 15 May 1921.
An inscription honouring those who died during WW2 was added later.
Details
The granite war memorial consists of a three-stepped base; the lower step is concrete, surmounted by a plinth, tapered shaft and a Celtic cross. The base of the shaft and the plinth carry an inscription in raised metal block capital letters which reads:
“ERECTED IN / GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF / THIS PARISH WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE WAR, / 1914 – 1918. / (NAMES) / “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT / A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.” / 1939-1945 / (NAMES)
The inscription remembers twelve men who died in WW1 and three men who died in WW2.
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, 13 December 2016.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 10/10/2011 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/50829
War Memorials Online, accessed 13/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/74502
Other
Listing Selection Guide: Commemorative Structures (April 2011),
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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