Cold Ashton War Memorial
Churchyard of the church of Holy Trinity, Hydes Lane, Cold Ashton, SN14 8JU
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1425403
- Date first listed:
- 12-Mar-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Cold Ashton War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Churchyard of the church of Holy Trinity, Hydes Lane, Cold Ashton, SN14 8JU
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1425403
- Date first listed:
- 12-Mar-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Cold Ashton War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Churchyard of the church of Holy Trinity, Hydes Lane, Cold Ashton, SN14 8JU
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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
- Statutory Address:
- Churchyard of the church of Holy Trinity, Hydes Lane, Cold Ashton, SN14 8JU
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Cold Ashton
- National Grid Reference:
- ST7509872723
Summary
A churchyard war memorial commemorating the fallen of both World Wars, of c1945.
Reasons for Designation
Cold Ashton war memorial, in the churchyard of the church of The Holy Trinity, Cold Ashton, 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;
* Architectural interest: as an accomplished and well-realised war memorial, designed by the local rector;
* Group value: with the church of The Holy Trinity Cold Ashton (Grade I).
History
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. Many more were erected after the Second World War. One such memorial was Cold Aston War Memorial, which commemorates the fallen from both world wars. The monument appears to have been erected after 1945 and the inscription simply gives the names of the fallen, without reference to service or rank.
Details
A churchyard war memorial commemorating the fallen of both World Wars, of c1945 and built by the Bodmin Granite Company.
MATERIALS: of rock-faced Bodmin Granite with inset lead lettering
DESCRIPTION: rectangular on plan and in section. It is south facing and has a wheel-head cross of Celtic outline, with tapered shaft. Below this is a tapered plinth which stands on a stepped podium. The lower shaft bears the wording ‘FOR / KING / AND / COUNTRY’. The plinth has a projecting, ashlar plaque with smooth surface and cusped border, which reads ‘IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN / TWO GREAT WARS / 1914-1918 – 1939-1945 / (Names)’. Below the names lettering reads: “THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE”. The rear and flanks are bare, save for a small plaque on the east side which is inscribed ‘BODMIN GRANITE Co. / BODMIN’.
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, 11 January 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 11 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/18810
War Memorials Online, accessed 11 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/214154
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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