Coalpit Heath War Memorial

Churchyard of the Church of St Saviour, Badminton Road, Coalpit Heath, BS36 2LW

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First World War memorial, erected c1920, with Second World War additions. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1425560
Date first listed:: 01-Apr-2015
List Entry Name:: Coalpit Heath War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Churchyard of the Church of St Saviour, Badminton Road, Coalpit Heath, BS36 2LW

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1425560
Date first listed:: 01-Apr-2015
List Entry Name:: Coalpit Heath War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Churchyard of the Church of St Saviour, Badminton Road, Coalpit Heath, BS36 2LW

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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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Churchyard of the Church of St Saviour, Badminton Road, Coalpit Heath, BS36 2LW

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

District:: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Westerleigh
National Grid Reference:: ST6735780724

Summary

First World War memorial, erected c1920, with Second World War additions.

Reasons for Designation

Coalpit Heath war memorial, erected circa 1920, with Second World War additions, 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 which takes the simple form of a Latin cross; * Group value: it forms a strong group with the Church of the St Saviour and the lychgate at the entrance to the churchyard, both listed at Grade II*.

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. One such memorial was erected in St Saviour’s churchyard in Coalpit Heath to commemorate the 16 men of the parish who fought and died during this conflict. Following the Second World War a second dedicatory inscription was added to commemorate the 18 local men who died during this conflict.

Details

First World War memorial, erected c1920, with Second World War additions.

MATERIALS: of Portland stone.

PLAN: it is square on plan.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial faces south-west and takes the form of a Latin cross. It comprises a single-step base, a three-step plinth and a square socket stone with a moulded top. A tall shaft rises from the socket stone and tapers in octagonal section to a Latin cross-head. The inscription on the south-west face of the socket stone reads ‘REMEMBER / IN PRAYER AND WITH GRATITUDE / THE MEN WHO FELL IN THE WARS / 1919 – 1914 1939 – 1945 / ESPECIALLY THOSE OF THIS PARISH / GRANT THEM O LORD ETERNAL PEACE’. The names of the 16 local men who died during the First World War are recorded on the socket stone’s north-west and south-east faces whilst the names of the men who died during the Second World War are recorded on the socket stone and top step of the plinth on the north-east side of the memorial.

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 Online, accessed 11 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/247009
War Memorials Register, accessed 18 February 2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/46161

Legal

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