Alveston War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1425312
- Date first listed:
- 11-Mar-2015
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1425312
- Date first listed:
- 11-Mar-2015
- Location Description:
- St Helen's Church, Greenhill, Alveston, BS35 2QX
Location
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Alveston
- National Grid Reference:
- ST6339187489
Summary
A war memorial, designer unknown, constructed circa 1921.
Reasons for Designation
The war memorial cross at Alveston 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.
* Group value: with the Grade II-listed church of St Helen, which provides its backdrop.
History
The war memorial was erected after about 1921, in a prominent location alongside the main road, in the churchyard of the parish church of St Helen (Grade II).
Originally set up to honour the Fallen of the First World War, the memorial was altered after the Second World War by the addition of the details of the men who lost their lives in that conflict. It underwent conservation work in 2001.
Details
A war memorial, designer unknown, constructed circa 1921.
MATERIALS: onstructed from rough-faced granite.
PLAN: the war memorial cross is set upon a square platform.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial takes the form of a Celtic cross, with carved knot work in panels to the arms and shaft. The tapering, square-section shaft is set into a tapering plinth with a moulded top, which sits upon a shallow base. The plinth carries inset inscriptions in black. The principal face is inscribed TO / THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF / THE MEN WHO FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914-1918. / AND 1939-1945 / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. The remaining faces carry the names of the Fallen from each of the conflicts: 18 in the First World War and 14 from the Second World War. The memorial is set on a two-stepped concrete platform.
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
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 10/02/2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/7381
War Memorials Online, accessed 11 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/153836
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