Didmarton War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1423426
- Date first listed:
- 04-Feb-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Didmarton War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1423426
- Date first listed:
- 04-Feb-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Didmarton War Memorial
- Location Description:
- NE of the churchyard of the Church of St Lawrence, The Street, Didmarton
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:
- Cotswold (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Didmarton
- National Grid Reference:
- ST8224887469
Summary
A war memorial, dating from circa 1921, architect unknown.
Reasons for Designation
The war memorial at Didmarton 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 made in the conflicts of the C20.
* Group value: with the many nearby listed buildings, including the church of St Lawrence (Grade I), the medieval cross in its churchyard (Grade II) and St Lawrence’s well (Grade II).
History
The war memorial in Didmarton was erected in circa 1921. It commemorated the eight men of the village who had lost their lives during of the First World War. It was set up in the churchyard of the church of St Michael and All Angels, on the main road through the village. Following the second World War, the names of the three men who had died in that conflict were added to the memorial. In 1997, the church of St Michael was sold and converted to a dwelling, at which point the war memorial was moved from its churchyard to a prominent location on the roadside just outside the grounds of the church of St Lawrence, a short distance away.
Details
A war memorial, dating from circa 1921, architect unknown.
MATERIALS: local limestone.
PLAN: the memorial’s base is circa 0.5m square.
DESCRIPTION: the structure takes the form of a cross circa 1.5m high, formed of an octagonal shaft extending into a cross of octagonal section, with flat terminals to the arms. The shaft is set directly into the slightly tapering, chamfered base with a moulded plinth. The south face of the base is inscribed: IN PROUD AND / GRATEFUL MEM / -ORY OF THOSE / FROM THIS PAR- / ISH WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918. On the east and west faces are the names of the Fallen, eight in total. The south side of the base carries the carved inscription: 1939 – 1945, followed by the names of the three men of the village who fell during the Second World War. The carved lettering on all faces is picked out in black paint, now faded. The base stands upon modern paving.
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 November 2014 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/20784
War Memorials Online, accessed 10 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/191040
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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