War Memorial in St Paul's Churchyard
St Paul's Church, St Paul's Road, Cheltenham
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1419400
- Date first listed:
- 15-Apr-2014
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial in St Paul's Churchyard
- Statutory Address:
- St Paul's Church, St Paul's Road, Cheltenham
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1419400
- Date first listed:
- 15-Apr-2014
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial in St Paul's Churchyard
- Statutory Address 1:
- St Paul's Church, St Paul's Road, Cheltenham
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.
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:
- St Paul's Church, St Paul's Road, Cheltenham
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Cheltenham (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SO9477423140
Summary
War memorial, early C20, by R L Boulton & Sons.
Reasons for Designation
The First World War memorial in the churchyard of St Paul's Church which dates from 1920 is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the impact of tragic world events upon an individual community and, thus, has strong cultural and historical significance within both a local and national context;
* Architectural interest: an accomplished memorial to an unusual design;
* Group value: with the listed buildings which form its setting, namely the Grade II* Church of St Paul and the railings, walls and gateway to the south which are listed at Grade II.
History
The great age of memorial building was in the aftermath of the First World War. The war memorial in the churchyard of St Paul's Church, Cheltenham was made by R L Boulton & Sons, a Cheltenham firm of ecclesiastical sculptors and stone masons, and was unveiled on 5 June 1920. It commemorates the 163 men who lost their lives during the First World War.
Details
War memorial, early C20, by R L Boulton & Sons.
DESCRIPTION: the war memorial is built of dressed stone. It has a wheel-head cross on a square shaft with a moulded plinth on a tall base. Attached to the south side of the shaft is an open pentagonal structure which is in the style of a ‘pulpit’. It has recessed panels to each of its external faces. The south panel has a bronze wreath in relief and carries the inscription: ‘IN PEACE 1914-19’, and the others list the names of the men who lost their lives during the war.
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
Websites
St Paul’s Church, Cheltenham War Memorial, accessed from http://www.remembering.org.uk/st_pauls_memorial.htm
St Paul’s Church War Memorial, accessed from http://www.glosgen.co.uk/warmem/stpaulswm.htm
War Memorials Online, accessed 10 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/166787
War Memorials Register, accessed 25 July 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/72446
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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