War Memorial in the Grounds of Church of St Mary the Virgin
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Hill, High Halden
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1407263
- Date first listed:
- 17-Mar-2005
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial in the Grounds of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Hill, High Halden
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1407263
- Date first listed:
- 17-Mar-2005
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial in the Grounds of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Hill, High Halden
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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:
- Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Hill, High Halden
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Ashford (District Authority)
- Parish:
- High Halden
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ9013737239
Details
War memorial. Circa 1920. Erected by local stonemason Arthur Hilder of Tenterden. Built of grey Cornish granite in the form of a Celtic cross about six feet high with a rough granite plinth, the whole situated on a square granite step. The side of the plinth facing the road is inscribed "TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE / MEN OF THE PARISH WHO GAVE / THEIR LIFE FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ DURING THE WAR 1914-1918" followed by their names. There is a supplementary tablet on a granite step with the names of those who fell in the Second World War.
HISTORY: a faculty for the erection of this war memorial was granted by the Diocese of Canterbury in February 1920.
ASSESSMENT OF IMPORTANCE: a conventional small war memorial in the form of a Celtic cross, with strong group value. It is an important reminder of the impact of world events upon the village.
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, 28 November 2016
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 28 November 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/16325
War Memorials Online, accessed 28 November 2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/107593
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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