Goodrich War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1420401
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jul-2014
- List Entry Name:
- Goodrich War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1420401
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jul-2014
- List Entry Name:
- Goodrich War Memorial
- Location Description:
- The Memorial is located opposite the post office in Goodrich.
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.
- District:
- County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Goodrich
- National Grid Reference:
- SO5748819361
Summary
War Memorial, 1920.
Reasons for Designation
The war memorial at Goodrich is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impacts of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it has made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: an accomplished and well-realised war memorial which takes the simple form of a brick and timber shelter;
* Intactness: the memorial is situated in its original location and survives intact with its associated stone steps and rubble-stone walled terraces.
History
The great age of memorial building was in the aftermath of the First World War. The war memorial at Goodrich, located opposite the post office, was erected in 1920 at a cost of £40, raised by public subscription. It was built by Harry Morgan (Builder), Mark Truscott (Builder) and Alfred William Ursell (Mason), on land donated by Mrs Moffatt of Goodrich Court. The memorial was dedicated by local clergy and dignitaries on the 27 May 1923.
The war memorial received a grant from War Memorials Trust in 2001 for conservation and repair works to restore the lettering.
Details
War Memorial, 1920.
MATERIALS: constructed of brick and timber with a plain clay tile roof.
DESCRIPTION: the war memorial is a three-sided brick and timber structure with a pitched timber roof creating a shelter. The barge boards of the gabled roof have foliate carving and a pendant to the apex. On the back wall is a First World War stone tablet with a timber crucifix above. The inscription reads:
FOR GOD FOR KING FOR COUNTRY
and below are the names of the seventy-seven men who served and returned, and the names of the nine men who died.
To the side walls are the Second World War stone tablets. The inscription reads: 1939 – 1945. Listed below are the names of the sixty-six men who served and returned and the names of the five men who died.
The lettering is painted black, with the names of the men who died in gold capital letters with a cross beside them.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: the war memorial is approached by a flight of stone steps with rubble-stone walled terraces to either side.
Sources
Websites
, accessed from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=301
War Memorials Register, accessed 19 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/32847
War Memorials Online, accessed 19 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/91493
Other
Sneed, R, War memorial survey of Herefordshire, 1998 - 2004,
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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