Brewham War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1424113
- Date first listed:
- 06-Feb-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Brewham War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1424113
- Date first listed:
- 06-Feb-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Brewham War Memorial
- Location Description:
- Churchyard of St John The Baptist Church, Charcroft Hill, Brewham,
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:
- Brewham
- National Grid Reference:
- ST7200536103
Summary
A war memorial erected after the First World War dedicated to the men of Brewham who lost their lives whilst serving their country, and subsequently to those who lost their lives in the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
The Brewham 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 obelisk design, well-crafted in marble with an intricate carved relief;
* Intactness: the structure is unaltered;
* Group value: it groups well with the nearby listed buildings.
History
The war memorial in the rural parish of Brewham was erected in the churchyard of St John the Baptist after the First World War to commemorate the men from the village who had lost their life whilst serving their country and, subsequently those who had lost their life whilst serving their country during the Second World War.
Details
A war memorial erected after the First World War dedicated to the men of Brewham who lost their lives whilst serving their country, and subsequently to those who lost their lives in the Second World War.
The monument is constructed in marble and consists of an obelisk set on a square plinth. To its front the top of the obelisk has, carved in relief, a wreath with below an unfurled flag. The sides of the square base are inscribed with leaded lettering:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD - AND IN GRATEFUL - MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED - IN THE - GREAT WAR - 1914 -1918 - (3 Names)
THE LORD REDEEMETH THE SOUL OF - HIS SERVANTS; AND NONE OF THEM - THAT TRUST IN HIM SHALL BE DESOLATE - PSALM. XXXIV. 22
1939-1945 - (2 Names) - GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN - THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN - HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. ST JOHN. XV.13
(9 Names)
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 11 December 2016.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 11/12/2014 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/131106
War Memorials Register, accessed 11/12/2014 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/1347
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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