Tattershall Thorpe War Memorial
War Memorial forming entrance arch to Methodist Chapel, Thorpe Road, Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1412603
- Date first listed:
- 20-Feb-2013
- List Entry Name:
- Tattershall Thorpe War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- War Memorial forming entrance arch to Methodist Chapel, Thorpe Road, Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1412603
- Date first listed:
- 20-Feb-2013
- List Entry Name:
- Tattershall Thorpe War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- War Memorial forming entrance arch to Methodist Chapel, Thorpe Road, Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire
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.
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:
- War Memorial forming entrance arch to Methodist Chapel, Thorpe Road, Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lincolnshire
- District:
- East Lindsey (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Tattershall Thorpe
- National Grid Reference:
- TF2190059548
Summary
War memorial.
Reasons for Designation
The Tattershall Thorpe war 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 and II.
* Architectural interest: it is a distinctive and well crafted monument in the less common form of an archway.
History
The memorial was built in front of the (unlisted) Wesleyan Methodist Chapel which was founded in 1865. Nothing is known about the designer or craftsman, and despite research having been carried out locally, it is not known when the memorial was erected. The records of the Parish Council show that in 1932 it was proposed that the lettering on the memorial be re-gilded, so it must have been erected before this date. In 2009-10 the War Memorials Trust part-funded the repair and restoration of the memorial, which involved the replacement of some bricks and stone coping, the re-pointing of joints with lime mortar, and the re-painting of the lettering with enamel.
Details
War memorial commemorating World War I and II.
MATERIALS: Red brick with limestone dressings.
EXTERIOR: The memorial takes the form of an entrance arch to the Methodist Chapel close by. The outer triangular arch has a cornice of dentilled brick, followed by a single course of stretchers, and has flat stone coping surmounted by a stone finial. The inner pointed arch is in stone and has a roll moulding, a diamond-shaped keystone, and imposts. The arch is flanked by square brick pillars which have a stone plinth course and flat caps. The jambs and gable ends of the arch project slightly from the outer sides of the pillars. The entrance arch has a pair of low timber gates which are not original.
The memorial has three marble tablets with black lettering on the front (west) side. The tablet in the apex of the gable head is inscribed with these words: ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN SACRED REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF TATTERSHALL THORPE WHO FELL IN THE TWO WORLD WARS’. The tablet on the left pillar is inscribed with the names of three men followed by ‘1914-1918’, and that on the right by the names of three men followed by ‘1939-1945’.
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, 23 January 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 23 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/59353
War Memorials Online, accessed 23 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/66696
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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