War Memorial at Christ Church Baptist Church
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1420542
- Date first listed:
- 09-Jul-2014
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial at Christ Church Baptist Church
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1420542
- Date first listed:
- 09-Jul-2014
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial at Christ Church Baptist Church
- Location Description:
- In the churchyard of Christ Church Baptist Chapel, off Spring Lane, Tanworth-in-Arden, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire
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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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Warwickshire
- District:
- Stratford-on-Avon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Tanworth-in-Arden
- National Grid Reference:
- SP1466672115
Summary
A First World War memorial, dating from circa 1919.
Reasons for Designation
The war memorial in the grounds of Christ Church Baptist Church 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 church community, and the sacrifices it has made in the conflicts of the C20.
* Architectural interest: for the quality of the design and craftsmanship of this sombre and dignified memorial;
* Group value: with the listed Christ Church Baptist Church, in whose churchyard it stands.
History
The memorial was erected to commemorate the lives of the men of the congregation of Umberslade Baptist Church who died during the First World War. Umberslade Baptist Church had been built in 1877 by George Frederick Muntz Jnr of Umberslade Hall, an industrialist and Baptist convert.
Details
A First World War memorial, dating from circa 1919.
MATERIALS: polished pink granite memorial with cream granite inlay, on a stone base.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial takes the form of a short column with a moulded foot. The cap is moulded, with inlaid decoration including wreathed leaves, atop which stands a sculpted flared Egyptian jar with knopped lid, with contrasting inlaid geometric decoration. The column is inscribed: THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1919 / IN GRATITUDE / TO / THOSE CONNECTED / WITH THIS CHURCH / WHO MADE THE / SUPREME SACRIFICE to the front; the other three sides are carved with the names of the Fallen, within a four-panelled carved, round-arched arcade running around the column, with foliate carved motifs in the spandrels. The foot is inscribed: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS. The memorial stands on a stone base with scrolled broach stops to the corners.
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, 17 January 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 17 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/19557
War Memorials Online, accessed 17 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/218743
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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