Duxford (Cambridgeshire) War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1424171
- Date first listed:
- 13-Feb-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Duxford (Cambridgeshire) War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1424171
- Date first listed:
- 13-Feb-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Duxford (Cambridgeshire) War Memorial
- Location Description:
- The Village Green, St Peter's Street, Duxford, Cambridgeshire, CB22 4RP
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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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Cambridgeshire
- District:
- South Cambridgeshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Duxford
- National Grid Reference:
- TL4802445941
Summary
War memorial, erected 1920 with later additions following the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Duxford’s War Memorial, on its village Green alongside St Peter’s church, is listed at Grade II for the following 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;
* Design: a modest yet well executed memorial;
* Group value: it stands on the green alongside the Grade II-listed village pump and in front of the Grade I-listed church of St Peter.
History
Funding for the memorial, £240, was raised by public subscription. The masons were Farmer & Brindley Ltd. It was unveiled on 1 February 1920 by the Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely. The lettering was repainted when the memorial was cleaned in the early 2000s.
Details
The war memorial stands on the village green in front of the churchyard of St Peter’s church (Grade I). It takes the form of a 3m tall Celtic cross made from Portland stone on a tapered shaft mounted on a squat, chamfered, square base. Cable and interlace decoration occupies the cross head and the upper part of the shaft. Inscribed on the front face of the lower part of the shaft is 1914 - 1919/ (NAMES)/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES), and on the base OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ R. I. P. Fifteen names are recorded of those who fell in the First World War, and nine from the Second.
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, 16 January 2017.
Sources
Websites
Roll of Honour War Memorials Inventory, accessed 12/12/2014 from http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Cambridgeshire/Duxford.html
War Memorials Register, accessed 16 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/46517
War Memorials Online, accessed 16 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/78394
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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