War Memorial
Whiteladies Road, Bristol
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1425925
- Date first listed:
- 28-May-2015
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Whiteladies Road, Bristol
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1425925
- Date first listed:
- 28-May-2015
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Whiteladies Road, Bristol
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
- Statutory Address:
- Whiteladies Road, Bristol
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Bristol (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- ST5748474538
Summary
A memorial cross constructed of stone, erected in 1920.
Reasons for Designation
The war memorial at Whiteladies Road, Bristol is listed at Grade II 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 stone;
* Intactness: the structure is unaltered;
* Group value: it groups well with the neighbouring listed building.
History
The war memorial was dedicated by the Bishop of Bristol in October 1920. It appears to be little altered since its first construction, although it was restored in the late C20.
Details
A war memorial, erected in 1920.
MATERIALS: constructed of stone.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial is a freestanding cross. It has a two-stepped octagonal base surmounted by an octagonal plinth and shaft. At the top of the shaft is a moulded capital with rose details, surmounted by a cross fleurie. The plinth has decorative gothic detailing including corners representing buttresses with offsets and ogee-arched tracery with trefoils. The names of the fallen are inscribed in the moulded panels of the plinth. The north face is inscribed: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THOSE CONNECTED WITH/ THIS CHURCH AND PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ R.I.P./ THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US/ BOTH BY NIGHT AND DAY. Below is inscribed: 1939-1945 (NAMES).
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 15 December 2016.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 6 March 2015 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/115975
War Memorials Register, accessed 15 December 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/7327
Other
'St John’s Clifton’, Western Daily Press, Bristol, 11 October 1920, p5
'St John’s Clifton, War Memorial’, Western Daily Press, Bristol, 10 July 1920, p5
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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