Warmington War Memorial, Northamptonshire
Churchyard of St Mary's Church, Church Street, Warmington, PE8 6TE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1426146
- Date first listed:
- 12-May-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Warmington War Memorial, Northamptonshire
- Statutory Address:
- Churchyard of St Mary's Church, Church Street, Warmington, PE8 6TE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1426146
- Date first listed:
- 12-May-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Warmington War Memorial, Northamptonshire
- Statutory Address 1:
- Churchyard of St Mary's Church, Church Street, Warmington, PE8 6TE
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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:
- Churchyard of St Mary's Church, Church Street, Warmington, PE8 6TE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Northamptonshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Warmington
- National Grid Reference:
- TL0775790986
Summary
First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Warmington’s war memorial, which stands in the churchyard of St Mary’s church, 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;
* Design: an individually designed memorial in the medieval style, reflecting the quality of the architecture of St Mary’s church;
* Group value: with the Grade I-listed church of St Mary the Virgin.
History
The war memorial was unveiled on Armistice Day 1920 by Col. Proby of Elton, to commemorate the servicemen from the village who fell in the First World War . Inscriptions were added to commemorate those who died in the Second World War.
Details
The war memorial stands in the south-east corner of the churchyard of the Grade I-listed church of St Mary the Virgin. The memorial is in the form of a square-sectioned sandstone pillar with a traceried Gothic-style panel recessed on each face, each beneath a gabled head.
Three of the panels bear the names of the fallen, arranged by year, with those who died in the Second World War added below those who had fallen in 1918. Below a list of names for 1917, the dedication reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN EVER BLESSED/ REMEMBRANCE OF THE/ MEN OF THIS VILLAGE/ WHO FOUGHT AND FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR.
The memorial is surmounted by a ball entwined by a laurel garland, on top of which is a coronet from which rises a short cross, all in limestone. The pillar stands on a three-stepped square limestone base. On the face of the uppermost step is inscribed THANKS BE TO GOD, WHICH GIVETH US THE/ VICTORY.
The concrete flagged surround and modern steel post and chain fencing are excluded from the listing.
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 14/10/2015
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 17 January 2017.
Sources
Websites
Warmington Village Website, accessed 16/03/2015 from http://www.warmington.org/index.php/interest/history
War Memorials Register, accessed 17 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/14934
War Memorials Online, accessed 17 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/108918
Other
Northampton Mercury, 14 November 1920
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
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