Great Shelford War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1425398
- Date first listed:
- 23-Apr-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Great Shelford War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1425398
- Date first listed:
- 23-Apr-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Great Shelford War Memorial
- Location Description:
- Junction of Tunwells Lane and High Street, Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire, CB22 5LE
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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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
Location
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Cambridgeshire
- District:
- South Cambridgeshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Great Shelford
- National Grid Reference:
- TL4623152375
Summary
First World War memorial, 1921, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Great Shelford’s war memorial, which stands on a small green where the High Street meets the A1301, 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 limestone cross.
History
The memorial was unveiled on 2 January 1921. The architect was Fred Baccus. Names of those who died in the Second World War were added at a later date.
Details
The Great Shelford war memorial, a c 7m high limestone cross, stands on a small green where the High Street meets the A1301. The tapered octagonal shaft carries upwards to form the upright of the cross-head, the horizontal of which is also octagonal. The shaft rises from a plinth which is square but with heavily chamfered corners.
On the plinth’s front face is inscribed TO/ THE MEMORY/ OF THE MEN/ AND WOMEN/ OF THIS/ VILLAGE/ WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WARS/ 1914-18. 1939-45./ THEIR NAME LIVETH EVERMORE. The names of those who fell in the First World War appear on the two sides of the plinth, and the Second World War dead on its rear. The plinth stands on a two-stage octagonal base. A small grassed surround is defined by stone kerb, as is a narrow path to the rear.
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, 23 November 2017.
Sources
Websites
Great Shelford Village Website, accessed 24/12/2014 from http://www.greatshelford.info/home/history/war-memorial-appeal
War Memorials Register, accessed 16 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/877
War Memorials Online, accessed 23 November 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/253647
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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