Wickwar War Memorial

The Parish Church of the Holy Trinity, Wickwar, GL12 8LE

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Overview

Wickwar War Memorial, designed by Norman Jewson, is of c1924 date and comprises a limestone tapering column with a carved wheel cross, set in a stone base and platform. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1413066
Date first listed:: 19-Feb-2013
List Entry Name:: Wickwar War Memorial
Statutory Address:: The Parish Church of the Holy Trinity, Wickwar, GL12 8LE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1413066
Date first listed:: 19-Feb-2013
List Entry Name:: Wickwar War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: The Parish Church of the Holy Trinity, Wickwar, GL12 8LE

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:: The Parish Church of the Holy Trinity, Wickwar, GL12 8LE

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

District:: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Wickwar
National Grid Reference:: ST7236188900

Summary

Wickwar War Memorial, designed by Norman Jewson, is of c1924 date and comprises a limestone tapering column with a carved wheel cross, set in a stone base and platform.

Reasons for Designation

Wickwar War Memorial, Gloucestershire is listed at Grade II, for the following principal reasons: * Historic: it has strong cultural and historical significance within both a local and national context; * Architectural: it is an elegant and dignified memorial, designed by Norman Jewson, that contributes to its setting in an historic village; * Communal: it forms a poignant reminder of the effects of tragic world events on this local community.

History

This war memorial is by Norman Jewson (1884-1975), architect and craftsman of the Cotswold group of the Arts and Crafts Movement. The memorial was completed in 1924, and altered post-1945 to include inscriptions commemorating the Second World War. The two tablets commemorating the fallen from the two World Wars which are located in the porch of the church are also by Jewson. The first tablet is of 1920, and the second is of an unknown post-1945 date.

Details

This war memorial of 1924 was designed by Norman Jewson and is built of local limestone. It takes the form of a wheel cross with a column, base and platform. The wheel element of the cross takes an octagonal form and the tapering hexagonal column terminates at the hexagonal base. The base has a moulded edge to the top. An inscription is carved around the upper part of the six fields of the base and reads thus; IN·MEMORY·OF/THE·MEN·OF/WICKWAR/WHO·FELL·IN/THE·GREAT/WAR·1914·1918. The field below the last section of text is inscribed; AND·IN·THE/WORLD·WAR/1939-1945. The remaining fields are blank. A moulded plinth is below the base. A hexagonal platform of two steps surrounded by a paved apron completes the structure. The memorial is situated in the churchyard of the Church of the Holy Trinity (listed at Grade II*).

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, 5 October 2017.

Sources

Books and journals
Brooks, A, Verey, D, The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire II - The Vale and the Forest of Dean, (2003), 810
Websites
, accessed from http://www.owlpen.com/arts/norman-jewson
War Memorials Online, accessed 5 October 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/156636
War Memorials Register, accessed 10 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/46248

Legal

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