Stoke Bishop War Memorial

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A war memorial cross of 1920. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1427162
Date first listed:: 15-Jul-2015
List Entry Name:: Stoke Bishop War Memorial

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1427162
Date first listed:: 15-Jul-2015
List Entry Name:: Stoke Bishop War Memorial
Location Description:: Corner of Stoke Hill/ Downleaze, Stoke Bishop, Bristol, BS9 1JE

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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Location

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District:: City of Bristol (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: ST5661075298

Summary

A war memorial cross of 1920.

Reasons for Designation

The war memorial at Stoke Bishop, Bristol 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 relatively elaborate cross design, well-crafted in dressed stone; * Intactness: the structure is unaltered.

History

The war memorial to the men of Stoke Bishop was dedicated on 15 May 1920 in a ceremony attended by the Bishop of Bristol. The names of the fallen in the Second World War, and those in subsequent campaigns, were added later. The stonework was cleaned in the 1990s but the structure is otherwise unaltered.

Details

A war memorial of 1920 date to the design of W.H. Watkins.

MATERIALS: constructed of stone.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial is a freestanding cross on a three-stepped base set on a fourth (slatestone) step, which is mainly buried within a grass embankment. Above, the plinth has canted corners with pyramidal-stop detailing and mouldings. The west face of the plinth is inscribed: IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF/ STOKE BISHOP MEN WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ “HE THAT DOETH THE WILL/ OF GOD ABIDETH FOREVER.”/ WHO STANDS IF FREEDOM FALL/ WHO DIES IF ENGLAND LIVE.” The step below is inscribed: ALSO IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939-45. The other faces of the plinth and step are inscribed with the names of the fallen. The tapering octagonal shaft has a moulded base and offsets to the corners, rising to entwined foliage mouldings with further offset and gablet detailing, above a carved shield with a cross of St George to each face. The front (west) face has an elaborate sword of sacrifice below the shield. A cross surmounts the shaft and has foliage mouldings between the arms.

An additional stone plaque is fixed to the north face of the memorial, inscribed in memory of fallen in later conflicts: DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE IN PALESTINE 1947/ MERVYN HAROLD PAICE/ DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE IN KOREA 1951/ TERENCE EDWARD WATERS GC.

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, 15 December 2016.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 15/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/115967
War Memorials Register, accessed 15/12/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/7335

Legal

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