Pen Selwood War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1423587
- Date first listed:
- 30-Jan-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Pen Selwood War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1423587
- Date first listed:
- 30-Jan-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Pen Selwood War Memorial
- Location Description:
- Churchyard of the church of St Michael and All Angels, Pen Selwood, Somerset
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:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Pen Selwood
- National Grid Reference:
- ST7561831384
Summary
A granite war memorial cross, probably of 1920s date.
Reasons for Designation
Pen Selwood 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 has made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: a simple cross design, well-crafted in dressed granite;
* Intactness: the structure is unaltered;
* Group value: it groups well with the nearby listed buildings.
History
The memorial cross at Pen Selwood stands at the south end of the churchyard of the Church of St Michael and All Angels. The date of construction is uncertain, but its style indicates it is of 1920s date. A separate stone plaque set next to the memorial for the fallen in the Second World War indicates the pre-1939 origin of the memorial cross.
Details
A war memorial, probably of 1920s date.
MATERIALS: constructed of dressed granite.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial is a freestanding cross with a square shaft that surmounts a four-stepped stone base. The south faces of the base are inscribed with black lettering: IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE PENSELWOOD MEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ (NAMES, 5). To the south, set in the ground, is a further stone inscribed:1939-1945/ (NAMES, 2)/ ALSO/ (NAME)/ WHO DIED AS A RESULT OF INJURIES/ RECEIVED IN THE GREAT WAR. The cross stands close to the churchyard wall, which has been cut away by two courses of stone. The ground up to the memorial has been lowered and lined by partly-buried, double-course stone walls. There are two low stone piers above the churchyard wall.
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 August 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 17 November 2014 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/24983
War Memorials Online, accessed 10 August 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/191953
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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