Week St Mary War Memorial
The Square, Week St Mary, Cornwall, EX22 6XH
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1427664
- Date first listed:
- 06-Aug-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Week St Mary War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- The Square, Week St Mary, Cornwall, EX22 6XH
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1427664
- Date first listed:
- 06-Aug-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Week St Mary War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- The Square, Week St Mary, Cornwall, EX22 6XH
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:
- The Square, Week St Mary, Cornwall, EX22 6XH
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Week St. Mary
- National Grid Reference:
- SX2371897608
Summary
First World War memorial, 1919, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Week St Mary War Memorial, situated in The Square, 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 has made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Design: a substantial Celtic cross in a local stone, standing in a prominent position in the village centre.
History
Paid for by public subscription and local fundraising, Week St Mary War Memorial was executed by Bodmin Granite Company Ltd at a cost of £123 10s 4d. It was unveiled on 6 December 1919 by Sir George Croydon Marks MP, and dedicated by local clergy. The balance of the memorial fund contributed to the addition of names in 1948, to commemorate the men from the village who had died fighting during the Second World War. Railings which surrounded the memorial were removed in 1969 and new posts and chains were installed in 1970. Renovations were carried out in 2010, funded by War Memorials Trust, including the replacement of the post and chain fence.
Details
Week St Mary War Memorial stands in the centre of The Square, in the middle of the village. Of rough-hewn granite, it comprises a Celtic cross set on a square shaft. This is set on a square, tapering, plinth, which rises from a two-stage, square, base. A reversed sword is carved in relief on the front face of the shaft, below which a carved inscription reads FOR/ ENGLAND/ AND/ RIGHT/ 1914-1919.
All other inscriptions are attached in metal lettering, painted black. On the front face of the plinth is added the inscription 1939-1945 (2 NAMES). The front face of the upper stage of the base reads TO THE MEMORY OF THE GALLANT DEAD. The face to the right of this reads THESE ALSO; that to the left, NOBLY. The names of the men who served in the First World War are listed on these three faces.
The memorial stands on a concrete base and is enclosed by a chain suspended from four wooden posts.
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, 13 December 2016.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Trust, Grants Showcase - Week St Mary, accessed 29/05/2015 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=791
Week St Mary Village Community Website - War Memorial, accessed 29/05/2015 from http://www.weekstmaryvillage.co.uk/warmemorial.html
War Memorials Register, accessed 13/12/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/9267
War Memorials Online, accessed 13/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/114098
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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