War Memorial in the Churchyard of St Andrew's Church

Churchyard of Church of St Andrew, Main Street, Caunton, Nottinghamshire

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World War I memorial. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1408462
Date first listed:: 13-Jul-2012
List Entry Name:: War Memorial in the Churchyard of St Andrew's Church
Statutory Address:: Churchyard of Church of St Andrew, Main Street, Caunton, Nottinghamshire

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1408462
Date first listed:: 13-Jul-2012
List Entry Name:: War Memorial in the Churchyard of St Andrew's Church
Statutory Address 1:: Churchyard of Church of St Andrew, Main Street, Caunton, Nottinghamshire

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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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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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Location

Statutory Address:: Churchyard of Church of St Andrew, Main Street, Caunton, Nottinghamshire

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Nottinghamshire
District:: Newark and Sherwood (District Authority)
Parish:: Caunton
National Grid Reference:: SK7451160008

Summary

World War I memorial.

Reasons for Designation

The World War I memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: it has special historic interest commemorating those members of the community who died in World War I, enhanced by its construction from stone that was quarried in the C13 and taken from the chancel of the church. * Group value: it has strong group value with the Grade I listed Church of St Andrew.

History

The memorial is dedicated to the fallen of World War I and was unveiled in 1920. It is constructed of stone that was taken from the chancel of St Andrew’s Church during its restoration in 1869 by Ewan Christian. The stone was probably quarried locally in the C13. The church was built from the C12 to the C15, and is designated at Grade I.

Details

MATERIALS: the memorial is constructed of coursed Triassic Mercia Mudstone rubble, a hard, fine-grained sandstone known as skerry, probably quarried locally. The large blocks were taken from the chancel of the church in the C19, and were probably cut in the C13.

PLAN: it is located on the south side of the main church gate, inserted between red brick piers belonging to the boundary wall of the church.

EXTERIOR: the memorial is in the form of a fragment of wall, measuring approximately 1.5m in width and 1.6m in height with a depth of 0.3m. The lower half is wider than the stepped upper half which is surmounted by a roughly pedimented cap and iron Celtic cross. Along one of the lower courses is carved ‘These stones were cut in the XIIIth century by the builders of this church’. A bronze plaque set in the upper half is inscribed ‘1914-1918 THESE MEN OF CAUNTON SOUGHT THE GLORY OF ENGLAND. THEY FOUND THE GLORY OF GOD’ followed by their names.

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, 24 January 2017.

Sources

Websites
Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project, accessed from http://www.nottsopenchurches.org.uk/
War Memorials Online, accessed 24 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/133903
War Memorials Register, accessed 24 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/27109

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.