Welsh Newton and Llanrothal war memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1414265
- Date first listed:
- 10-May-2013
- List Entry Name:
- Welsh Newton and Llanrothal war memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1414265
- Date first listed:
- 10-May-2013
- List Entry Name:
- Welsh Newton and Llanrothal war memorial
- Location Description:
- On land just N of the junction of the A466 and Hangrove Road, Welsh Newton.
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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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Llanrothal
- National Grid Reference:
- SO4992617925
Summary
A war memorial, dating from 1920, commemorating the Fallen of both the First and Second World Wars, by Arthur Hall of Monmouth.
Reasons for Designation
The war memorial for Welsh Newton and Llanrothal 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 design and craftsmanship of this sombre and dignified memorial.
History
In 1919, having received £50 back from a £120 contribution made to a Red Cross Hospital during the First World War, the neighbouring parishes of Welsh Newton and Llanrothal debated how they would use the funds to create a memorial to the men of the parishes who had lost their lives in the conflict. It was resolved that the two villages would share a memorial, and the first proposal was for a parish room as a memorial. In the event, however, a memorial cross was raised, sited at the roadside in Welsh Newton, on land given by Mr T Jones of Newton Farm. The war memorial, which was made by Arthur Hall, sculptor and monumental mason of Monmouth from local Buckholt stone, was unveiled in a ceremony on 12 November 1920. The names of those who died in the Second World War were added to the memorial after the end of the conflict.
Details
A war memorial, dating from 1920, commemorating the Fallen of both the First and Second World Wars, by Arthur Hall of Monmouth.
MATERIALS
The memorial is sculpted from local Buckholt sandstone.
DESCRIPTION
A plain Latin cross, circa 6m high, which has chamfers to the arms, and tapers slightly from the head to the base. It is set directly into the square base, which has depressed fields to two sides. One field is inscribed in black lettering: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918 / THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS OF / WELSH NEWTON AND LLANROTHAL. / RIP / followed by the names of the three men who were killed. The other field is similarly inscribed IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS / PARISH WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR / 1939 – 1945 / followed by the names of the four men who died in that conflict. The base is set on a platform of two steps.
The memorial was cleaned with the help of a grant from the War Memorials Trust in 2010.
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, 19 January 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 19 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/91301
War Memorials Register, accessed 19 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/33041
Other
Notes of archive research into Welsh Newton War Memorial by Owen Morgan, 1999.,
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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