Rockhampton War Memorial

St Oswald's Churchyard, Church Road, Rockhampton, South Gloucestershire

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Overview

First World War memorial, 1921 by W H Randoll Blacking. Further inscription added after the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1424726
Date first listed:: 24-Apr-2015
List Entry Name:: Rockhampton War Memorial
Statutory Address:: St Oswald's Churchyard, Church Road, Rockhampton, South Gloucestershire

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1424726
Date first listed:: 24-Apr-2015
List Entry Name:: Rockhampton War Memorial
Location Description:
Statutory Address 1:: St Oswald's Churchyard, Church Road, Rockhampton, South Gloucestershire

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: St Oswald's Churchyard, Church Road, Rockhampton, South Gloucestershire

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Rockhampton
National Grid Reference:: ST6548293284

Summary

First World War memorial, 1921 by W H Randoll Blacking. Further inscription added after the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Rockhampton war memorial of 1921 by the architect W H Randoll Blacking 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 * Design: as a monolithic war memorial in the Arts and Crafts manner; * Group value: with a number of listed buildings including the church of St Oswald (Grade II*).

History

The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. One such memorial was erected in 1921 in the churchyard of St Oswald’s Church to commemorate the five Rockhampton men who died during this conflict. It was designed by the eminent church and cathedral architect, W H Randoll Blacking (1889-1958), and made by the artist and craftsman, W Howell. One further name was added to the memorial after the Second World War.

Details

First World War memorial, 1921 by W H Randoll Blacking. Further inscription added after the Second World War.

MATERIALS: constructed of limestone.

PLAN: rectangular on plan.

DESCRIPTION: it stands on a low stone base and takes the form of a monolithic shaft which rises to a stylised Maltese cross in the Arts and Crafts manner. The north face of the shaft is inscribed: TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD AND/ IN HONOURED/ MEMORY OF:–/ (NAMES)/ WHO DIED IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914–1918/ “THEIR NAME LIV-/ ETH FOR EVERMORE”. The name of the local man who lost his life during the Second World War together with the dates 1939-1945 are carved above the original inscription.

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, 11 January 2017.

Sources

Books and journals
Verey, D , The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire 2 The Vale and The Forest of Dean, (1970), 652
Websites
Rockhampton Churchyard Cross as War Memorial, 4 Nov 1921 GDR/F1/1/1921/64, accessed 11 March 2015 from http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/d30fe9cf-14cc-4d2a-ab57-ea1ba19f7a4f
War Memorials Online, accessed 11 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/195118
War Memorials Register, accessed 10 March 2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/7385

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.