Ide War Memorial
Fore Street, Ide, Teignbridge, Devon
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1423553
- Date first listed:
- 04-Feb-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Ide War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Fore Street, Ide, Teignbridge, Devon
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1423553
- Date first listed:
- 04-Feb-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Ide War Memorial
- Location Description:
- Located at NGR SX 90148 90646
- Statutory Address 1:
- Fore Street, Ide, Teignbridge, Devon
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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
- Statutory Address:
- Fore Street, Ide, Teignbridge, Devon
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Teignbridge (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ide
- National Grid Reference:
- SX9014890646
Summary
First World War Memorial. Circa 1920, with further inscriptions added after the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Ide war memorial 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;
* Architectural interest: as a modest, yet dignified and well-carved memorial.
History
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever, with tens of thousands of memorials erected across the country. One such memorial was erected at the north-east end of the village of Ide to commemorate the twenty-three local men who died during the conflict. It was designed by the vicar who described the design as being based ‘upon the lines of local Devonshire crosses’. After the Second World War a further six names were added in memory of those men who died during the war.
Details
First World War Memorial. Circa 1920, with further inscriptions added after the Second World War.
MATERIAL: it is constructed of roughly-dressed granite.
PLAN: square in plan.
DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands on a base of four paving slabs. The west face of the tapering plinth is inscribed in painted black lettering: IN PROUD MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF/ IDE/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-18. The opposing face carries the inscription: 1914-18 WAR/ (NAMES), while the north face is inscribed: 1939–45 WAR /(NAMES). The tapering shaft has chamfered corners, and this chamfering continues to the terminals of the Latin cross.
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, 8 December 2016.
Sources
Books and journals
Gray, Todd, Lest Devon Forgets, (2010), 39 & 92
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 13/11/2014 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/25895
War Memorials Online, accessed 08/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/191977
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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