Loudwater War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1427740
- Date first listed:
- 10-Aug-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Loudwater War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1427740
- Date first listed:
- 10-Aug-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Loudwater War Memorial
- Location Description:
- Junction of Queensmead Road and Station Road, Loudwater, High Wycombe.
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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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Buckinghamshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Chepping Wycombe
- National Grid Reference:
- SU9010290669
Summary
War memorial, unveiled in 1923.
Reasons for Designation
Loudwater war memorial, unveiled in 1923, 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 sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Design interest: a solidly made granite memorial in the form of a wheel-headed Celtic Cross with a sword in relief.
History
This War Memorial commemorates the fallen of the First and Second World Wars. It was unveiled in March 1923 by T. Dalziel and dedicated by the Right Reverend Bishop Edward Shaw, Archdeacon of Oxford. In 1989 it was moved from its original position in St Peter’s churchyard to its present position beside the local branch of the Royal British Legion.
Details
Freestanding war memorial, situated within a grassed area at the junction of Queensmead Road and Station Road. Executed in tooled granite, it comprises a wheeled Celtic cross set on a pedestal and stepped base. The cross tapers gently and a sword in relief is superimposed over the crosspiece. There is an inlaid inscription at the pedestal. Dedication: 'IN HONOUR OF THE LOUDWATER MEN WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914–1918’, and the names of the fallen, followed by ‘”WHO DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE”’. The obverse carries a Second World War inscription: ‘IN HONOUR OF THE FALLEN / 1939–45’, followed by the names of the fallen.
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, 11 January 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 1.vi.2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/8308
War Memorials Online, accessed 11 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/138387
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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