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Chalford War Memorial

Christ Church, London Road, Chalford, Gloucestershire

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Overview

A war memorial of 1920 date, designed and constructed by stonemason Omar Cottle with a distinctive Calvary cross design. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1423557
Date first listed:: 06-Feb-2015
List Entry Name:: Chalford War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Christ Church, London Road, Chalford, Gloucestershire

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1423557
Date first listed:: 06-Feb-2015
List Entry Name:: Chalford War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Christ Church, London Road, Chalford, Gloucestershire

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Christ Church, London Road, Chalford, Gloucestershire

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Gloucestershire
District:: Stroud (District Authority)
Parish:: Chalford
National Grid Reference:: SO8922402546

Summary

A war memorial of 1920 date, designed and constructed by stonemason Omar Cottle with a distinctive Calvary cross design.

Reasons for Designation

The war memorial in Chalford, of 1920 date by stonemason Omar Cottle, 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: a well-crafted Calvary cross design; * Intactness: the memorial is intact, although it was repaired and restored in the 1980s; * Group value: it makes a positive and important contribution to the street scene and groups well with the neighbouring listed buildings.

History

In November 1919, local stonemason Omar Cottle was commissioned to carve a memorial cross to be located in the churchyard of Christ Church, Chalford. The memorial was unveiled on 6 June 1920 and is shown on the Ordnance Survey Map of 1922. In 1981 the cross was broken by a falling yew tree branch during a blizzard. On its reconstruction the bronze name plaques were removed to the British Legion Club in Chalford Hill and new plaques were installed on the memorial that named 156 men of the parish and neighbouring area who died in the First World War, and 16 who lost their lives in the Second World War. The repair was carried out by Omar Cottle's son, also called Omar Cottle. The memorial was re-dedicated in 1982.

NB: In 1920 Omar Cottle established Cottle Memorials in Slad Road, Stroud, and in 2014 it continues to trade under the ownership of his grandson, stonemason Steve Cottle.

Details

A war memorial of 1920 by Omar Cottle of Chalford. Repaired and restored in 1982.

MATERIALS: constructed of local limestone.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial is a freestanding cross with a hooded Calvary on a conical shaft set in a three-stepped square base. Above the carved figure of the crucified Christ is a carved open scroll with the text, INRI. Below the Calvary is a base with the text, LEST/YE/FORGET on the principal elevation facing London Road. The remaining faces of the base have applied metal plaques with the names of the fallen from the First World War, with an additional plaque on the face of one of the steps of the structure (156). On a lower step is a plaque with the names of the commemorated from the Second World War (16). On a step facing London Road is the following inscribed text, which has weathered considerably, TO THE HONOUR OF THE SON OF GOD WHO WENT FOR THE SALVATION/OF THE WORLD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH AND/NEIGHBOURHOOD WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR THE CAUSE OF/RIGHT AND FREEDOM IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 TO 1919.

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
The Great War and Chalford, accessed 14/11/2014 from http://greatwarchalford.wordpress.com/sifting-the-evidence/page/2/
War Memorials Online, accessed 10 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/155027
War Memorials Register, accessed 14/11/2014 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/20672

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.