Ilchester War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1423779
- Date first listed:
- 04-Feb-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Ilchester War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1423779
- Date first listed:
- 04-Feb-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Ilchester War Memorial
- Location Description:
- Churchyard of St Mary Major, Church Street, Ilchester.
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:
- Ilchester
- National Grid Reference:
- ST5223822647
Summary
A First World War memorial dedicated to the men from Ilchester parish who lost their lives whilst serving their country in the First World War and subsequently the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Ilchester 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: a simple cross design, well-crafted and using an interesting mix of Portland stone, Hamstone and marble;
* Intactness: the structure is unaltered;
* Group value: it groups well with the nearby listed buildings.
History
A war memorial erected in the churchyard of St Mary Major in Ilchester, dedicated to sixteen men in the parish who lost their lives whilst serving their country in the First World War, and subsequently also to the five men who lost their lives in the Second World War.
Details
A First World War memorial dedicated to the men from Ilchester parish who lost their lives whilst serving their country in the First World War and subsequently the Second World War.
The monument consists of a Portland stone Celtic cross set on a round pillar on a square Hamstone plinth bearing marble tablets with leaded lettering giving the names of the sixteen Fallen and the words:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE / OF OUR MEN / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN DEFENCE / OF THEIR KING AND COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / OF 1914-1918
A further marble tablet was added at the base of the monument inscribed with the names of the five men of the parish who lost their lives whilst serving their country in the Second World War.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 25/11/2014 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/173465
War Memorials Register, accessed 25/11/2014 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/1410
Website of Ilchester Parish Council, accessed 25 November 2014 from http://www.ilchesterparishcouncil.gov.uk/Core/IlchesterPC/Pages/Museum_3.aspx
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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