War Memorial at the Church of St Paul and St Stephen
War memorial at the Church of St Paul and St Stephen, Stroud Road, Gloucester, GL1 5AL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1418993
- Date first listed:
- 14-May-2014
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial at the Church of St Paul and St Stephen
- Statutory Address:
- War memorial at the Church of St Paul and St Stephen, Stroud Road, Gloucester, GL1 5AL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1418993
- Date first listed:
- 14-May-2014
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial at the Church of St Paul and St Stephen
- Statutory Address 1:
- War memorial at the Church of St Paul and St Stephen, Stroud Road, Gloucester, GL1 5AL
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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:
- War memorial at the Church of St Paul and St Stephen, Stroud Road, Gloucester, GL1 5AL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Gloucester (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SO8322717352
Summary
A war memorial, constructed in 1919, designed by John Coates Carter.
Reasons for Designation
The War Memorial in the churchyard of the Church of St Paul and St Stephen, constructed in 1919 to designs by John Coates Carter, 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, with its poignant figure of Christ, and its association with John Coates Carter, a recognised Arts and Crafts architect and designer.
History
The Church of St Paul, now (2014) St Paul and St Stephen, was built in the early 1880s. The area in which it stands was until then a relatively rural one, known as South Hamlet, until around 1880, when it became part of the city of Gloucester. Suburban expansion followed, leading to the need for a new church to serve the new population of the area. A competition for the new church in 1880 was won by local Gloucester architect, Capel Nankivell Tripp (circa 1844/5-1883). Due to lack of funds, the church was only partly built in the 1880s, with the nave and tower left incomplete when the church was consecrated by the Bishop of Gloucester on 11 October 1883. It was eventually extended in 1938-9, though the tower was never completed.
In 1919, a war memorial, in the form of a polygonal pulpit constructed from Bisley stone, with a timber crucifix, by John Coates Carter (1859-1927), a noted Arts and Crafts architect who worked mainly in South Wales, but moved at the outbreak of the First World War to Prestbury in Cheltenham, close to Gloucester. Its consecration was witnessed by a crowd of around 3000 people.
Details
A war memorial, dating from 1919 and designed by John Coates Carter (1859-1927).
MATERIALS: Bisley stone, with a timber cross and bronze sculpture.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial takes the form of an octagonal pulpit, set on a plinth; the pulpit is open to the rear and corbelled out to the front with a strongly-moulded corbel. Its faces are carved with texts and the names of the Fallen, much weathered, and the inscription: IN PEACE 1914-1919. Above this is set a timber cross with a bronze figure of the crucified Christ.
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, 25 July 2017.
Sources
Books and journals
Brooks, A, Verey, D, The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire II - The Vale and the Forest of Dean, (2003), 457
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 10 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/157270
War Memorials Register, accessed 25 July 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/72449
Other
CgMs: Taking Stock in Cheltenham and Gloucester - English Heritage and the Diocese of Gloucester Partnership Project Report on the Church of St Paul, Gloucester,
Gloucestershire Archives P154/17 CW 3/5: Churchwardens' faculty file for St Paul, Gloucester (various dates),
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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