Carlton War Memorial
Junction of Church Road and Carlton Green Road, Carlton, Cambridgeshire, CB8 9JZ
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1427547
- Date first listed:
- 16-Jul-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Carlton War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Junction of Church Road and Carlton Green Road, Carlton, Cambridgeshire, CB8 9JZ
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1427547
- Date first listed:
- 16-Jul-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Carlton War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Junction of Church Road and Carlton Green Road, Carlton, Cambridgeshire, CB8 9JZ
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:
- Junction of Church Road and Carlton Green Road, Carlton, Cambridgeshire, CB8 9JZ
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Cambridgeshire
- District:
- South Cambridgeshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Carlton
- National Grid Reference:
- TL6418153016
Summary
First World War memorial, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Carlton War Memorial, situated at the junction of Church Road and Carlton Green Road in Carlton, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic Interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Group value: with the Church of St Peter (Grade II*).
History
The memorial was erected after the end of the First World War. The names of two villagers who died fighting during the Second World War were added at a later date. In 2009 the memorial was cleaned and the lettering restored, funded by a War Memorials Trust grant.
Details
Carlton War Memorial stands at the junction of Church Road and Carlton Green Road, opposite the church of St Peter (Grade II*-listed). It comprises a simple Portland stone cross with chamfered edges, supported by a small square foot which rises from a tapered plinth.
The dedicatory inscription reads ERECTED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF CARLTON. An inscription on the face of the cross reads FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH. The front face of the foot stone reads 1914 – 1918. The names of the 10 servicemen who died fighting during the First World War are carved on the front face of the plinth, and the two who died in the Second World War on the rear with the dates 1939 – 1945. All the inscriptions are incised and filled with mortar.
The base of the memorial is surrounded by a concrete kerb which encloses a flower bed.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Trust, Grants Showcase - Carlton, accessed 22/05/2015 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=728
War Memorials Register, accessed 16 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/46515
War Memorials Online, accessed 16 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/78395
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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