Starcross War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1425748
- Date first listed:
- 06-Oct-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Starcross War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1425748
- Date first listed:
- 06-Oct-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Starcross War Memorial
- Location Description:
- 33m to the south of Starcross Railway Station
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.
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:
- Devon
- District:
- Teignbridge (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Starcross
- National Grid Reference:
- SX9769681870
Summary
A First World War Memorial; names have been subsequently added to commemorate the fallen of Second World War and later actions.
Reasons for Designation
Starcross War Memorial 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;
* Architectural interest: the roughly-hewn cross is a simple yet elegant design.
History
The war memorial was erected following the end of the First World War to commemorate the members of the parish who died in the conflict. Further names were added after the end of the Second World War and again to commemorate the conflict in Cyprus in 1975.
Details
A First World War Memorial; names have been subsequently added to commemorate the fallen of Second World War and later actions.
MATERIAL: granite.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial consists of a hexagonal four-tiered plinth, topped by a roughly-hewn wheel cross. There are several stone plaques on the memorial that bear inscriptions including ‘IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF STARCROSS WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919’, ‘1939 – 1945/WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE’ and ‘ALSO OF L/C DUMBLETON, KILLED IN ACTION CYPRUS 1975’ and the names of the Fallen.
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, 8 December 2016.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 26/02/2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/25957
War Memorials Online, accessed 08/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/165874
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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