Shute War Memorial

Corner of Ashes Road and Haddon Road Devon, EX13 7PT, Shute, Devon, EX13 7PT

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Overview

First World War memorial. Erected circa 1920, with further inscriptions added later. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1425385
Date first listed:: 31-Mar-2015
List Entry Name:: Shute War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Corner of Ashes Road and Haddon Road Devon, EX13 7PT, Shute, Devon, EX13 7PT

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1425385
Date first listed:: 31-Mar-2015
List Entry Name:: Shute War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Corner of Ashes Road and Haddon Road Devon, EX13 7PT, Shute, Devon, EX13 7PT

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:: Corner of Ashes Road and Haddon Road Devon, EX13 7PT, Shute, Devon, EX13 7PT

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

County:: Devon
District:: East Devon (District Authority)
Parish:: Shute
National Grid Reference:: SY2521897542

Summary

First World War memorial. Erected circa 1920, with further inscriptions added later.

Reasons for Designation

Shute war memorial, which stands at a crossroads near the centre of Shute, 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; * Group value: with the Grade I listed gatehouse to Shute Barton manor house and the Grade II listed cottages of Beagle’s Row.

History

The aftermath of the First World War saw a huge wave of public commemoration with tens of thousands of memorials erected across the country. One such memorial was erected in circa 1920 to commemorate the men of Shute who died during the conflict. A further inscription was added to the memorial following the Second World War, to mark the sacrifice made during that conflict.

Details

First World War memorial. Erected circa 1920, with further inscriptions added later.

MATERIALS: carved from granite.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands at a crossroads near the centre of Shute. It is opposite the Grade I listed C16 gatehouse to Shute Barton medieval manor house at the south and the Grade II listed C18 cottages of Beagle’s Row at the north. The memorial comprises a rough-hewn granite cross with Celtic head on a tapering shaft that rises from a trapezoidal granite plinth. The front of the plinth is inscribed TO/ THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF SHUTE/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918. Six names are inscribed beneath it. The plinth rests on a square concrete base, itself set in concrete. It is inscribed AND IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945 followed by one name. A rubble-stone wall encloses the memorial, which reduces to a dwarf wall at the south where there is an entrance approached by three steps.

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, 7 December 2016.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 07/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/98751
War Memorials Register, accessed 07/12/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/25399

Legal

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