Coningsby War Memorial
High Street, Coningsby, Lincolnshire, LN4 4RF
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1427584
- Date first listed:
- 22-Jul-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Coningsby War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- High Street, Coningsby, Lincolnshire, LN4 4RF
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1427584
- Date first listed:
- 22-Jul-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Coningsby War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- High Street, Coningsby, Lincolnshire, LN4 4RF
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:
- High Street, Coningsby, Lincolnshire, LN4 4RF
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lincolnshire
- District:
- East Lindsey (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Coningsby
- National Grid Reference:
- TF2260258329
Summary
First World War memorial, 1921, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Coningsby War Memorial, situated on the High Street in Coningsby, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reason:
* Historic Interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifices it made in the conflicts of the C20.
History
The memorial was dedicated 18 September 1921 by the Reverend Henry Felix. It was executed by Thomas Kent of Boston, Lincolnshire. The memorial was re-set and floodlights were installed in the surrounding paving in 2006. The memorial was cleaned and some re-lettering was completed in 2010, funded by the War Memorials Trust. A new plinth was erected alongside the memorial in 2015, bearing a plaque to explain the symbolism of the broken column.
Details
Coningsby War Memorial stands at the north-east end of a grassed area in the High Street, at the junction with Park Lane. It is raised on a circular pavement to the level of the High Street roadway, approached by four steps on the north-west side. Timber handrails lead up the steps. Floodlights are set into the pavement around the memorial.
Of Aberdeen red granite, the memorial consists of a broken classical column rising from a square plinth. The plinth stands on a two-stage, square base which stands on a low, square, Portland stone step. The lower stage of the base is rough-hewn. The plinth and base bear the inscriptions:
(plinth, north-west face) THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY/ THE PARISHIONERS OF CONINGSBY/ IN LOVING AND GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF ALL WHOSE NAMES ARE RECORDED/ BELOW, AND WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 (8 NAMES, one noted as MISSING)
(plinth, south-west face) THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY/ THE PARISHIONERS OF CONINGSBY/ IN LOVING AND GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF ALL WHOSE NAMES ARE RECORDED/ BELOW, AND WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 (8 NAMES)
(base, upper stage, north-west face) ALSO IN HONOURED MEMORY OF (8 NAMES)/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945,/ AND IN GRATITUDE FOR THE LIVES SPARED.
The First World War inscriptions are incised and painted in black enamel. The Second World War inscription is attached in metal letters, painted with black enamel.
A small incised brass plaque was attached at an angle to the base of the memorial, on the Portland stone step. This read THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED IN 1921/ BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION. THE DESIGN/ OF THE BROKEN COLUMN SYMBOLISES/ A BROKEN LIFE AND IS A TRIBUTE TO/ ALL THOSE MEN FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ FOR OUR FREEDOM. This has been replaced by a new red granite plinth bearing the explanation of the symbolism.
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, 23 January 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 26/05/2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/20327
War Memorials Trust, Grants Showcase - Coningsby, accessed 26/05/2015 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=770
War Memorials Online, accessed 23 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/103723
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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