Walgrave Memorial Cross
Lower Green, Junction of High Street and Hannington Lane, Walgrave, Northamptonshire, NN6 9PQ
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1426591
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jun-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Walgrave Memorial Cross
- Statutory Address:
- Lower Green, Junction of High Street and Hannington Lane, Walgrave, Northamptonshire, NN6 9PQ
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1426591
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jun-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Walgrave Memorial Cross
- Statutory Address 1:
- Lower Green, Junction of High Street and Hannington Lane, Walgrave, Northamptonshire, NN6 9PQ
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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:
- Lower Green, Junction of High Street and Hannington Lane, Walgrave, Northamptonshire, NN6 9PQ
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- West Northamptonshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Walgrave
- National Grid Reference:
- SP8023772040
Summary
First World War memorial, 1921, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Walgrave Memorial Cross, on Lower Green, 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: a substantial and striking limestone cross.
History
The memorial was unveiled in February 1921, commemorating both the servicemen from the parish who died during the First World War and also the general sacrifice occasioned by the conflict. The details of servicemen who died during the Second World War were later added.
Details
The c5m high limestone war memorial stands on Lower Green at the east end of High Street. It comprises a wheel-head cross set on a substantial, square-sectioned, tapering stone pillar. The pillar surmounts a stone plinth which bears metal lettered inscriptions:
(west face) IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF OUR /FELLOW PARISHIONERS/ WHO FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919
(north face) THESE DIED FOR US (13 NAMES)
(east face) IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF ALL WHO/ FOUGHT, SUFFERED AND/ LABOURED FOR PEACE
(south face) THESE DIED FOR US (12 NAMES)
A separate panel on the south side of the plinth, affixed below the list of 12 names, is inscribed 1939-1945 (6 NAMES). The plinth is set upon a two-stepped square base. The memorial is surrounded by iron railings.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 20/02/2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/14968
War Memorials Online, accessed 16 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/207375
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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