War Memorial
Junction of Kingswood Road & Alderley Road, Hillesley, Gloucestershire
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1413044
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jan-2013
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Junction of Kingswood Road & Alderley Road, Hillesley, Gloucestershire
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1413044
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jan-2013
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Junction of Kingswood Road & Alderley Road, Hillesley, Gloucestershire
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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:
- Junction of Kingswood Road & Alderley Road, Hillesley, Gloucestershire
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Stroud (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Hillesley and Tresham
- National Grid Reference:
- ST7686989729
Summary
A war memorial, dating from circa 1920, architect unknown.
Reasons for Designation
The war memorial at Hillesley is listed at Grade II, for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this community;
* Architectural interest: for the quality of the design and craftsmanship of this sombre and dignified memorial;
* Group value: with the listed buildings which form its setting, including the house and barn at Hillesley Farm to the north, Mill House to the south and The Portcullis public house and K6 telephone kiosk to the east.
History
The war memorial at Hillesley was erected in circa 1921; there is mention of the memorial in Parish Council accounts in 1920. It commemorated the 13 men of the village who had lost their lives in the course of World War One. It was set up in a prominent position on a triangular green, at a main road junction. The memorial was cleaned and conserved in 2002 with the aid of grant funding from the War Memorials Trust.
Details
A war memorial, dating from circa 1920, architect unknown.
MATERIALS
Local Cotswold limestone.
PLAN
The memorial stands on a platform circa 2m across.
DESCRIPTION
The structure takes the form of a wheel cross with fleur-de-lys terminals, set atop a crisply-moulded collar, from which the hexagonal column tapers to a moulded base. One face of the base is inscribed TO / THOSE WHO DIED / FOR / THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914-1919, in an elegant Serif font. Four of the remaining sides list the regiments or services, ranks and names of the commemorated, 13 in total. The lower part of the structure is formed of a three-stepped platform with a paved surround.
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 January 2017.
Sources
Websites
Showcase result: Hillesley, accessed from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=259
War Memorials Online, accessed 10 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/115903
War Memorials Register, accessed 10 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/7400
Other
Gloucestershire Archives P178a - Hillesley and Tresham Parish Council papers; inlcudes war memorial accounts, 1920.,
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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