Kenton War Memorial
On corner of Church Street and Fore Street, Kenton, Devon
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1424097
- Date first listed:
- 30-Mar-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Kenton War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- On corner of Church Street and Fore Street, Kenton, Devon
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1424097
- Date first listed:
- 30-Mar-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Kenton War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- On corner of Church Street and Fore Street, Kenton, 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:
- On corner of Church Street and Fore Street, Kenton, Devon
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Teignbridge (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Kenton
- National Grid Reference:
- SX9586283305
Summary
A First and Second World War memorial, dedicated in 1920.
Reasons for Designation
Kenton war memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: as a memorial with a modest and sombre design;
* Group value: it forms a group with a number of other listed buildings in the centre of Kenton, including the church of All Saints (Grade I).
History
Kenton War Memorial was erected to remember the members of the parish who died in the First World War. It was gifted to Kenton Parish Council by Mr Joshua John Neale of Oxton House. He died before the unveiling and his son presented the memorial on his behalf. It was unveiled by the Earl of Devon at a dedication ceremony on the 13 March 1920. Fourteen names were inscribed on the memorial. After the Second World War eight further names were added. The memorial includes the date that each of the commemorated died.
Details
A First and Second World War memorial, dedicated in 1920.
MATERIALS: Cornish granite from the Penryn Quarries
DESCRIPTION: an obelisk memorial standing on a moulded plinth, with inscriptions picked out in black paint on three sides, and a two tiered base. The north face of the plinth bears the following inscription, ‘ IN PROUD, HONOURED & LOVING MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH, WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY, IN/ THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 - 1919./ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" ECCLUS XLIV 14/ “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A/ MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS”/ ST JOHN XV 13/ "I SAW THEM THAT HAD GOTTEN THE VICTORY OVER/ THE BEAST STAND ON THE SEA OF GLASS,/ HAVING THE HARPS OF GOD" REV XV 2. Below and on the west face are the names of those who died during the First World War. The south face commemorates the Second World War, with the inscription ‘ALSO/ IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF/ THOSE FROM THIS PARISH WHO/ IN LIKE SPIRIT FELL DURING/ THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945’ followed by the names of the Fallen.
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, 21 December 2016.
Sources
Websites
Devon Heritage: Kenton War Memorial, accessed 22 December 2014 from http://www.devonheritage.org/Places/Kenton/KentonWarMemorials.htm
Devon Remembers: Not forgotten, Kentons plans to commemorate their fallen, accessed 22 December 2014 from http://www.devonremembers.info/not-forgotten-kentons-plans-to-commemorate-their-fallen/
War Memorials Register, accessed 01/03/2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/25928
War Memorials Online, accessed 21/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/148681
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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