Frampton-on-Severn war memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1419868
- Date first listed:
- 29-May-2014
- List Entry Name:
- Frampton-on-Severn war memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1419868
- Date first listed:
- 29-May-2014
- List Entry Name:
- Frampton-on-Severn war memorial
- Location Description:
- South-east of the Church of St Mary, Frampton-on-Severn, Stroud, Gloucestershire
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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Stroud (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Frampton on Severn
- National Grid Reference:
- SO7437006889
Summary
A war memorial, dating from circa 1921.
Reasons for Designation
The war memorial at Frampton on Severn 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 its inscriptions;
* Group value: with the Grade II*-listed Church of St Mary the Virgin and the numerous churchyard monuments (listed at Grade II) which form its backdrop.
History
The war memorial in Frampton-on-Severn was erected in circa 1921, following the First World War, to commemorate the 14 men of the village who lost their lives in the conflict. It was built on land at the edge of the Frampton Court estate. The names of the 10 men who fell in the Second World War were added in the 1940s. In 1949, the memorial and the land on which it stands were gifted to the Parish Council by the Clifford family. The memorial was cleaned in circa 2012.
Details
A war memorial, dating from circa 1921.
MATERIALS: constructed from local limestone.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial, which takes the form of a cross with chamfered arms set on a moulded collar to a slightly-tapering octagonal shaft with broach stops. The shaft is set on a square-section base with chamfered upper corners. The whole stands on a three-stepped octagonal platform. The base is inscribed in an elegant Serif font: + / THE GREAT WAR / August 1914-Nov.1918 / + / These gave their lives / and all that men hold dear. / that we might live in freedom. / + . One of the other faces is inscribed: 1914 + 1918, below which are the names of the Fallen. A third face is inscribed: + / WORLD WAR / 1939-1945. The lettering to all faces is picked out in black paint.
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 Janurary 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/32133
War Memorials Online, accessed 10 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/200991
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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