Earl Soham War Memorial
Junction of Church Lane and The Street (A1120), Earl Soham, Suffolk, IP13 7SA
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1427607
- Date first listed:
- 22-Jul-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Earl Soham War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Junction of Church Lane and The Street (A1120), Earl Soham, Suffolk, IP13 7SA
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1427607
- Date first listed:
- 22-Jul-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Earl Soham War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Junction of Church Lane and The Street (A1120), Earl Soham, Suffolk, IP13 7SA
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 Lane and The Street (A1120), Earl Soham, Suffolk, IP13 7SA
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- East Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Earl Soham
- National Grid Reference:
- TM2360163296
Summary
First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Earl Soham War Memorial, which stands on The Street in Earl Soham, 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: an elegant and well-proportioned stone cross;
* Group Value: with the Grade I-listed Church of St Mary.
History
Earl Soham War Memorial was erected in remembrance of the men of Earl Soham lost in the First World War, and unveiled on 18 July 1920. It stands on waste Manorial ground owned by the Parish Council. An inscription was added at a later date to commemorate those who died fighting during the Second World War. Repairs to the lettering were carried out in 2010, funded by War Memorials Trust.
Details
The granite memorial comprises a tall Latin cross with a tapering shaft, standing on a three-stepped base. The upper steps are square. An inscription in metal lettering on the front face of the top step of the base reads 1914-1918/ TO THE VICTORIOUS DEAD. Twenty names of those who died during the First World War are applied to the front face of the middle step. The bottom step is octagonal. On its front face an inscription, in applied metal lettering, reads 1939-1945 (5 NAMES).
Small granite flower holders are placed on the top step of the base and beside the diagonals of the lower step. The memorial stands on a small, triangular, grassed area alongside The Street just outside the entrance to the Church of St Mary (Grade I-listed). Low wooden posts demarcate the edge of the grassed area.
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, 4 October 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 27/05/2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/5487
War Memorials Trust, Grants Showcase - Earl Soham, accessed 27/05/2015 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=865
War Memorials Online, accessed 4 October 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/117217
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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