Great Melton War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1406649
- Date first listed:
- 13-Feb-2012
- List Entry Name:
- Great Melton War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1406649
- Date first listed:
- 13-Feb-2012
- List Entry Name:
- Great Melton War Memorial
- Location Description:
- Junction of minor road C169 (Market Lane) with minor road U/C78005 (Hall Road) at the southern corner of Great Melton Park, Great Melton, NORFOLK
Postal code area is NR9 3BJ
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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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- South Norfolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Great Melton
- National Grid Reference:
- TG1352306008
Summary
A War Memorial unveiled and dedicated in October 1920.
Reasons for Designation
The War Memorial at Great Melton is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons.
* Architectural Interest: The architectural detailing to the column and cross are well-executed.
* Historic Interest: The memorial has considerable historic interest both to the local community and from a national perspective, commemorating the community’s link with international events and the poignant and tragic cost of such involvement.
* Group Value: The memorial has enhanced group value with the nearby Church of All Saints (Grade II*) where a specially commissioned plaque lists the name of the war dead.
History
A local newspaper reported the unveiling of the War Memorial at Great Melton which took place in October 1920.The first part of the dedication service was held in the nearby Church of All Saints (Grade II*) and was followed by a procession to the Memorial, a simple cross, singing hymns. The cross was unveiled by Major Evans-Lombe and then dedicated by the rector. Major Hadow C.M.G gave the address, drawing attention to the carved words on the risers of the top steps (see below) and the service concluded with a collection, a blessing and the last post played by a bugler of the Norfolk Regiment. The choir returned to the church singing the 'Nunc Dimitis' and several wreaths were laid at the cross.
The names of the 15 fallen men of the parish killed in WWI are not carved on the Memorial. Instead, a decorative plaque in the Church of All Saints bears their names and was dedicated in July 1921.
Details
MATERIALS: Constructed of stone and located in a triangular greensward at the junction of two lanes.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial takes the form of a cross set on a tapered, chamfered, smooth shaft set on a roughly dressed, stone plinth. The cross has a moulded base and the arms are encircled with a stone roundel. The memorial is approached by four flights of steps, roughly dressed to match the plinth. Carved on the rise of the uppermost steps on each side are the words: ' SONS OF THIS PLACE/LET THIS OF YOU BE SAID/THAT YOU WHO LIVE/ARE WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD'.
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.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 23 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/65238
War Memorials Online, accessed 23 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/183571
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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