Toddington War Memorial
Junction of B4632 and B4077, New Town, Toddington, Gloucestershire
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1416720
- Date first listed:
- 06-Nov-2013
- List Entry Name:
- Toddington War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Junction of B4632 and B4077, New Town, Toddington, Gloucestershire
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1416720
- Date first listed:
- 06-Nov-2013
- List Entry Name:
- Toddington War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Junction of B4632 and B4077, New Town, Toddington, 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 B4632 and B4077, New Town, Toddington, Gloucestershire
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Tewkesbury (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Toddington
- National Grid Reference:
- SP0477232452
Summary
A war memorial, erected circa 1921, by an unknown architect.
Reasons for Designation
The war memorial at Toddington 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, and for its unusually elaborate architectural form.
History
The memorial was erected circa 1921, at the expense of Hugh Andrews (circa 1832-1926) and his wife Isabel (also called Isabella, 1843-1935), who had purchased Toddington Manor in 1900, and in whose possession the estate would remain until its sale in 1936 following Isabella’s death. The memorial would have been erected circa 1921, in common with most other village memorials; it appears for the first time on the Ordnance Survey map for the area published in 1923. It was set up in a prominent location at the crossroads of the two main roads through the village, on land just south of the former village reservoir. The memorial incorporates a quote from ‘The Empire’s Heroic Dead 1914-1918’, a poem by James Rhoades (1841-1923), the English poet, mystic and author.
Details
A war memorial, circa 1921, architect unknown.
MATERIALS: Portland stone.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial takes the form of a short, wide column with a moulded cap surmounted by an orb finial, the whole set on a square base above a platform of two steps. The upper part of the column is encircled by a finely-carved laurel wreath. The lower part of the shaft carries a moulded oval cartouche surrounded by palm leaves, within which is inscribed: TO / ENGLAND’S / HEROES / 1914 - / 1919, picked out in black lettering. The square base is similarly inscribed to its front face: THEIR SHRINES STAND ON EVERY HIGHWAY / WHOSE LAMPS OF REMEMBRANCE ABIDE / FED WITH LOVE FROM THE HEART-SPRINGS OF ENGLAND / AND LIT FROM THE TORCH OF HER PRIDE. This is an extract from James Rhoades’ poem ‘The Empire’s Heroic Dead 1914-1918’. The rear of the base is inscribed: ERECTED BY / HUGH AND ISABEL ANDREWS / TODDINGTON. The area immediately surrounding the memorial is paved, and the wider setting is a small garden with flanking walls, trees and shrubs.
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
War Memorials Register, accessed 10 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/20910
War Memorials Online, accessed 10 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/139071
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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