Lower Brailes War Memorial

On the green off High Street (N side), Lower Brailes, Warwickshire

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Overview

A war memorial, architect unknown, constructed circa 1920. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1417437
Date first listed:: 06-Nov-2013
List Entry Name:: Lower Brailes War Memorial
Statutory Address:: On the green off High Street (N side), Lower Brailes, Warwickshire

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1417437
Date first listed:: 06-Nov-2013
List Entry Name:: Lower Brailes War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: On the green off High Street (N side), Lower Brailes, Warwickshire

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:: On the green off High Street (N side), Lower Brailes, Warwickshire

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

County:: Warwickshire
District:: Stratford-on-Avon (District Authority)
Parish:: Brailes
National Grid Reference:: SP3149239256

Summary

A war memorial, architect unknown, constructed circa 1920.

Reasons for Designation

The war memorial at Lower Brailes 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 Church of St George (Grade I), below which it stands.

History

The war memorial was erected circa 1920, in a very prominent location, at the heart of the village of Lower Brailes, on a green in front of the lych gate to the Church of St George, whose pinnacled tower rises behind the memorial. It serves the parish of Brailes, which comprises the adjacent villages of Lower and Upper Brailes, and nearby Winderton. Originally set up to honour the Fallen of the First World War, the memorial was altered after the Second World War by the addition of the details of the men who lost their lives in that conflict.

Details

A war memorial, architect unknown, constructed in 1920.

MATERIALS: the memorial is constructed from sandstone.

PLAN: the platform on which the memorial stands is octagonal in shape, circa 1.5m across.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial takes the form of a floriated cross with cusped arms and circular embellishments, set on a cap to a slender, tapering, octagonal shaft. The shaft is set into a moulded base on a tall, rectangular plinth with neatly-moulded and recessed corners. The plinth sits on an octagonal platform of three steps. There are inscriptions in a neat Serif font, picked out in black lettering. The south face of the base is inscribed: TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY / OF THOSE WHO LAID DOWN / THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 / FROM THE PARISH OF / BRAILES AND WINDERTON. Below this text the names of the Fallen are given (15 in number). Following the list of the Fallen is inscribed: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN / THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN / HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS / S. JOHN XV 13. Moving anti-clockwise, the next face is inscribed with the dates 1939-1945 and below this, the names of those who lost their lives in the Second World War (three in number). Following the list of names is inscribed: THESE MEN ALSO MADE THE SUPREME / SACRIFICE LAYING DOWN THEIR LIVES / THAT WE MAY LIVE.

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, 17 January 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 17 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/150949
War Memorials Register, accessed 17 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/19230

Legal

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