Meavy War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1426961
- Date first listed:
- 15-Jul-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Meavy War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1426961
- Date first listed:
- 15-Jul-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Meavy War Memorial
- Location Description:
- War Memorial on the village green, Meavy Village.
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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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- West Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Meavy
- National Park:
- Dartmoor
- National Grid Reference:
- SX5406867187
Summary
Granite war memorial, unveiled in 1920.
Reasons for Designation
Meavy war memorial 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 made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Design: for its bold and simple design, taking the form of a headstone in roughly hewn granite, with a striking inscription;
* Group value: with the nearby village cross, as well as the church of St Peter, listed at Grade I, with numerous listed monuments standing within the churchyard, and other nearby listed buildings.
History
The war memorial was unveiled on 11 November 1920 to commemorate the four men of the parish of Meavy who fell in the First World War. The inscription was adapted later to commemorate the Second World War, with the dates of that war being added, and the letters were repainted in 1992. The memorial is situated on Meavy village green, beneath an oak tree. The railings surrounding the memorial are thought to be a later addition. At the west end of the green is the village cross, and to the north is the Church of St Peter, and the Royal Oak Inn.
Details
War memorial, 1920.
MATERIAL: Granite, with metal lettering.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial is of roughly-hewn granite in the form of a headstone. On the eastern face of the memorial, beneath the dates of the First and Second World War is the following inscription ‘All ye who pass this way remember with gratitude those who gave their lives in the Great Wars’ followed by the names, ranks and regiments of the First World War dead, and ‘Behold this stone, set up beneath an oak by the sanctuary of the Lord, shall be a witness. / Joshua XXIV.26.27. / 11 Nov. 1920’.
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 9/03/2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/2920
War Memorials Online, accessed 08/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/223639
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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