St Stephen Churchtown Cemetery War Memorial

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First World War memorial, erected in 1921.
Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1407749
Date first listed:
20-Apr-2012
List Entry Name:
St Stephen Churchtown Cemetery War Memorial
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1407749
Date first listed:
20-Apr-2012
List Entry Name:
St Stephen Churchtown Cemetery War Memorial
Location Description:
St Stephen Churchtown Cemetery, Fore Street, St Stephen, St Austell, Cornwall
PL26 7NN

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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.

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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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

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:
SW9451853436

Summary

First World War memorial, erected in 1921.

Reasons for Designation

St Stephen Churchtown 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 St Stephen Churchtown Cemetery. It was erected in 1921 and was funded through public subscription. The names of those from the parish who fell during the Great War are remembered on this monument.

Details

The memorial is of granite stone construction, with a Celtic Cross above a shaft with a Celtic knot design, on a square plinth, with recessed slate panels on all sides. One of the slate panels in the plinth bears the following inscription:

"TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF OUR BROTHERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919"

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 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, 10 August 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 9 April 2014 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/9304
War Memorials Online, accessed 10 August 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/251403

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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