Kilmington War Memorial

Junction of Gammons Hill and Shute Road, Kilmington, Devon, EX13 7RX

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First World War memorial. Erected 1921, with further inscriptions added later. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1425397
Date first listed:: 31-Mar-2015
List Entry Name:: Kilmington War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Junction of Gammons Hill and Shute Road, Kilmington, Devon, EX13 7RX

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1425397
Date first listed:: 31-Mar-2015
List Entry Name:: Kilmington War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Junction of Gammons Hill and Shute Road, Kilmington, Devon, EX13 7RX

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:: Junction of Gammons Hill and Shute Road, Kilmington, Devon, EX13 7RX

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

County:: Devon
District:: East Devon (District Authority)
Parish:: Kilmington
National Grid Reference:: SY2694098353

Summary

First World War memorial. Erected 1921, with further inscriptions added later.

Reasons for Designation

Kilmington war memorial, which stands at the crossroads of the A35 and Shute Road on the north side of the village, is listed at Grade II for the following principal 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: an elegant Celtic cross enriched by raised interlace and knotwork, set on a tooled tapering shaft; * Group value: with the Grade II listed George Farmhouse.

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. The memorial at Kilmington was unveiled in 1921, during a ceremony attended by local clergy and dignitaries. It was re-dedicated on 11th November 1947, after the names of those who had tragically lost their lives in the Second World War were added.

Details

First World War memorial. Erected 1921, with further inscriptions added later.

MATERIALS: carved from granite.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands at the crossroads of the A35 and Shute Road on the north side of the village of Kilmington. It is opposite the Grade II listed George Farmhouse. The memorial comprises a granite Celtic cross, enriched by raised interlace and knotwork, set on a tooled tapering shaft that rises from a trapezoidal granite plinth. The front of the plinth is inscribed ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF KILMINGTON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR’ followed by eleven names and the words ‘GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS’. The plinth rests on a stepped square granite base of two stages. It is inscribed ‘AND ALSO THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945’ followed by three names. The memorial is raised upon an earthen mound set within a square rubble-stone retaining wall, approached by four steps at the east.

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/98816
War Memorials Register, accessed 07/12/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/25332

Legal

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