Flackwell Heath War Memorial
Junction of The Common, Common Road and Treadaway Road, Flackwell Heath, Buckinghamshire
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1425593
- Date first listed:
- 14-Apr-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Flackwell Heath War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Junction of The Common, Common Road and Treadaway Road, Flackwell Heath, Buckinghamshire
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1425593
- Date first listed:
- 14-Apr-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Flackwell Heath War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Junction of The Common, Common Road and Treadaway Road, Flackwell Heath, Buckinghamshire
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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:
- Junction of The Common, Common Road and Treadaway Road, Flackwell Heath, Buckinghamshire
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Buckinghamshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Chepping Wycombe
- National Grid Reference:
- SU8959089957
Summary
War memorial unveiled in 1921 with later additions after the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Flackwell Heath war memorial, unveiled in 1921, 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 in an unusual form.
History
The memorial was designed by the architect Thomas Thurlow of High Wycombe. The mason was H T Dickens. It was unveiled on 8th May 1921 by the Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, Robert Wynn-Carrington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire whose son, Viscount Wendover, is recorded on the memorial. The memorial was later surrounded by metal railings which were removed for scrap during the Second World War and subsequently replaced by a chain link fence. The names of the fallen of the Second World War were then added to the memorial.
Details
War memorial unveiled in 1921, designed by Thomas Thurlow.
MATERIALS: Portland stone.
DESCRIPTION: approximately 3m in height, the memorial takes the form of an obelisk, topped by a large ball finial. On each side a Latin Cross extends to the finial. The obelisk stands on a pedestal with a three stepped base, the middle step having chamfered central sections to the front and rear. The pedestal bears stone plaques on each side, those on the front and rear faces are set on a curved mount. The front plaque bears the inscription ‘SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY/ OF THE BRAVE MEN/ OF FLACKWELL HEATH/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918’. The names of 43 of the fallen are inscribed on the remaining plaques with an additional seven names continued on the chamfered step below. The front of the step bears the inscription ’ TO THE MEMORY OF OUR MEN/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ 1939-1945 with the names of the 17 fallen of the Second World War inscribed on the chamfered central sections of the step below.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: the memorial stands on a square paved area with low domed stone piers at the four corners. Outside this is a later chain link fence supported on stone piers.
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 Register, accessed 19 February 2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/8306
Buckinghamshire Remembers - Entry for Flackwell Heath, accessed 19 February 2015 from http://buckinghamshireremembers.org.uk/memorials.htm
Flackwell Heath and Loudwater Local History Group - War memorials, accessed 15 February 2015 from http://www.galaxypix.com/Sally/warmemorials/Tellthemofus/index.html
War Memorials Online, accessed 11 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/115014
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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