North Nibley War Memorial

North Nibley Cemetery, Wotton Road, North Nibley, Gloucestershire

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Overview

A war memorial, dating from circa 1920. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1415304
Date first listed:: 20-Jun-2013
List Entry Name:: North Nibley War Memorial
Statutory Address:: North Nibley Cemetery, Wotton Road, North Nibley, Gloucestershire

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1415304
Date first listed:: 20-Jun-2013
List Entry Name:: North Nibley War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: North Nibley Cemetery, Wotton Road, North Nibley, Gloucestershire

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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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: North Nibley Cemetery, Wotton Road, North Nibley, Gloucestershire

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

County:: Gloucestershire
District:: Stroud (District Authority)
Parish:: North Nibley
National Grid Reference:: ST7401895580

Summary

A war memorial, dating from circa 1920.

Reasons for Designation

The war memorial at North Nibley 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; * Setting: its prominent place within the village cemetery, formally placed on the outskirts of the settlement, adds to its impact, as does its visual relationship with the Tyndale monument (listed Grade II*) which rises high above it on the Cotswold escarpment.

History

The war memorial was erected circa 1920, in a prominent position at the entrance to the newly laid-out North Nibley Cemetery, in commemoration of the men of the village, twenty in all, who were killed during the First World War. After the end of the Second World War, the names of the two men lost in that conflict were added to the memorial.

Details

A war memorial, dating from circa 1920.

MATERIALS The memorial is constructed from local oolitic limestone.

PLAN The platform on which the memorial stands is octagonal is shape, circa 2m across.

DESCRIPTION The war memorial takes the form of a wheel cross, the cross with flared arms, set on a tapering octagonal column. The shaft terminates in a four-sided base with chamfered shoulders. The base is inscribed: TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / & IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE / OF THE MEN OF / NORTH NIBLEY / WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919 / DULCE ET DECORUM EST / PRO PATRIA MORI. The remaining sides of the base are inscribed with the names and regiments/services of the men of the village who died in the First World War (20). The ranks, names and services of the Fallen from the Second World War (2) are inscribed on the face of the plinth below the main inscription. The structure is set on an octagonal, three-stepped platform, with a narrow, paved apron at ground level.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 10 January 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 10 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/135161
War Memorials Register, accessed 10 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/30233

Legal

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