Hambrook War Memorial

Whiteshill Common, Whiteshill, Hambrook, BS16 1SD

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A war memorial cross of inter-war date. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1425840
Date first listed:: 01-May-2015
List Entry Name:: Hambrook War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Whiteshill Common, Whiteshill, Hambrook, BS16 1SD

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1425840
Date first listed:: 01-May-2015
List Entry Name:: Hambrook War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Whiteshill Common, Whiteshill, Hambrook, BS16 1SD

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:: Whiteshill Common, Whiteshill, Hambrook, BS16 1SD

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

District:: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Winterbourne
National Grid Reference:: ST6452479314

Summary

A war memorial cross of inter-war date.

Reasons for Designation

Hambrook war memorial, South Gloucestershire 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 has made in the conflicts of the C20; * Architectural interest: a simple cross design, well-crafted in dressed pennant stone; * Intactness: the structure is unaltered; * Group value: it groups well with the neighbouring listed buildings.

History

Hambrook War Memorial dates from the initial phase of commemoration after the First World War, and is shown on the Ordnance Survey Map of 1935. It appears to be little altered since its first construction, although the names of the fallen in the Second World War have been added.

Details

A war memorial of interwar date.

MATERIALS: constructed of pennant stone.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial is a freestanding Celtic cross with a three-stepped base surmounted by a tapered plinth and shaft. The sides of the plinth and top step are inscribed: West Face: IN MEMORIAM/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ THIS CROSS IS ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS/ OF THE CIVIL PARISH OF WINTERBOURNE/ AND DEDICATED IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ TO OUR MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR US/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ AND WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED HEREON/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT/ A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS” JOHN.15.13/ 1939 - 1945/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/ AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM; South Face: FRENCHAY/ (NAMES); East Face: WINTERBOURNE DOWN/ (NAMES); North Face: WINTERBOURNE/ (NAMES).

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 02/03/2015 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/153828?search=search_map%3Fsearch_value%3Dhambrook
War Memorials Register, accessed 02/03/2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/46236

Legal

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