Nanpean Cemetery War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1407730
- Date first listed:
- 23-Apr-2012
- List Entry Name:
- Nanpean Cemetery War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1407730
- Date first listed:
- 23-Apr-2012
- List Entry Name:
- Nanpean Cemetery War Memorial
- Location Description:
- Nanpean Cemetery, St George's Road, Nanpean, St Austell, PL26 7YS
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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:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- St. Stephen-in-Brannel
- National Grid Reference:
- SW9634755891
Summary
First World War memorial, erected in 1921.
Reasons for Designation
Nanpean Cemetery war memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by this community in World War One, it is of strong historic and cultural significance both at a local and a national level
* Artistic interest: it is an elegantly detailed monument
History
The war memorial stands in Nanpean Cemetery, adjacent to St George the Martyr Church. It was erected in 1921 and was funded through public subscription. The names of those from the parish who fell during the First World War are remembered on this monument.
Details
The memorial is of granite stone construction, with a tall Celtic Cross on a square plinth, with recessed slate panels on all sides. The slate panel on south face of the plinth bears the following inscription:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF OUR BROTHERS/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/
The names of the Fallen are inscribed in the slate panels on all sides of the plinth.
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, 10 August 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 13 December 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/9331
War Memorials Online, accessed 10 August 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/251404
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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