Hucclecote Memorial Cross

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First World War memorial, 1920. Later additions for the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1425089
Date first listed:: 10-Mar-2015
List Entry Name:: Hucclecote Memorial Cross

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1425089
Date first listed:: 10-Mar-2015
List Entry Name:: Hucclecote Memorial Cross
Location Description:: Junction of Hucclecote Road and Green Lane, Hucclecote, Gloucestershire, GL3 3QT

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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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

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County:: Gloucestershire
District:: Gloucester (District Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: SO8740717299

Summary

First World War memorial, 1920. Later additions for the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Hucclecote Memorial Cross, which is situated at the junction of Green Lane and Hucclecote Road, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reason: * 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.

History

The memorial was unveiled by local clergy on 21 November 1920 as a memorial to the men of Hucclecote who died in the First World War. During the Second World War a bomb fell on the village, killing seven people, including several members of the same family. These names are recorded alongside the servicemen who died in the Second World War.

The memorial was restored and re-dedicated as a Millennium Project and was unveiled by the Mayor of Gloucester, assisted by Ms Connie Casey, whose father was the first man from the village to be killed in the First World War.

Details

Set back from the road on a raised, gravelled, area, the memorial is comprised of a rough-hewn granite cross on a large plinth raised on a two-stepped base. The recessed sides of the plinth are inscribed with the inscriptions and names. The front face contains the inscription THIS CROSS IS ERECTED/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO FROM THIS PARISH/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918

A sloping stone tablet placed in front of the lowest step, added following the Second World War, carries the inscription ALSO TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF THE FOLLOWING WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ (NAMES)/ AND THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/ IN THIS PARISH THROUGH ENEMY ACTION (NAMES)

Posts carrying a chain in front of the memorial enclose the raised area in which it stands.

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, 10 January 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 10 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/190724
War Memorials Register, accessed 10 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/20778

Legal

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