Poole School Cross War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1406979
- Date first listed:
- 23-Feb-2012
- List Entry Name:
- Poole School Cross War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1406979
- Date first listed:
- 23-Feb-2012
- List Entry Name:
- Poole School Cross War Memorial
- Location Description:
- Poole School Cross War Memorial, St. James Churchyard, Church Street, Poole, Dorset
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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.
- District:
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Poole
- National Grid Reference:
- SZ0083290406
Summary
First World War memorial, erected in 1921, later moved to its current location in 1988.
Reasons for Designation
Poole School Cross War Memorial is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historical interest: as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by this community in the First World War and it is of strong historic and cultural significance both at a local and a national level;
* Group value: standing within St James Churchyard and adjacent to St James Parish Church (Grade II*).
History
The war memorial sits in the churchyard of St. James Parish Church. It originally stood in the grounds of Poole Secondary (later Grammar) School as a memorial to those former pupils who fell in the First World War (1914-1918). It was unveiled by the Mayor of Poole and the names of those commemorated were read out by the school’s headmaster, Mr A J Mockridge, at an inauguration ceremony on 29th September 1921 attended by local dignitaries. It was moved to its current location in 1988 due to the demolition of the school. At this point the memorial was cleaned and the lettering re-done. The rededication ceremony took place on 11th November 1989.
Details
The memorial is of granite stone construction, is 2.57m high, with a tall shaft, on a plinth and two-stepped base, surmounted by a Celtic cross. The north face of the plinth bears the following inscription in black-painted lettering:
FINIS OPUS CORONAT/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ THE OLD BOYS OF POOLE SCHOOL/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918
The south, east and west faces of the plinth bear the names of the fallen.
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, 7 December 2016.
Sources
Books and journals
Moreton, C, War Memorial Trust Bulletin in Poole War Memorial, Vol. 38, (Summer (August 2008))
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 07/12/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/26377
War Memorials Online, accessed 07/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/97805
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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