Netherbury War Memorial
Tower Hill, Netherbury, Dorset, DT6 5LR
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1428090
- Date first listed:
- 18-Aug-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Netherbury War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Tower Hill, Netherbury, Dorset, DT6 5LR
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1428090
- Date first listed:
- 18-Aug-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Netherbury War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Tower Hill, Netherbury, Dorset, DT6 5LR
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:
- Tower Hill, Netherbury, Dorset, DT6 5LR
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Netherbury
- National Grid Reference:
- SY4700399422
Summary
First and Second World War memorial. Erected c1920 with the names of the Fallen of the Second World War added after 1945.
Reasons for Designation
Netherbury War Memorial, which was erected c1920 and stands on the east side of Chantry Street, 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;
* Group value: with the Grade I listed church of St Mary and Grade II listed churchyard walls and Old Rectory.
History
The aftermath of the First World War saw a huge wave of public commemoration with tens of thousands of memorials erected across the country. One such memorial was erected in c1920 to commemorate 25 residents of Netherbury parish who died as a result of the conflict. A further inscription was added to the memorial following the Second World War, to commemorate five residents who lost their lives.
Details
First and Second World War memorial. Erected c1920 with the names of the Fallen of the Second World War added after 1945.
MATERIALS: limestone ashlar set on a concrete foundation.
DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands within a planted area approached by stone steps, above a retaining wall on the east side of Chantry Street, with a boundary wall to the south, east and north. It faces west and is situated to the south of the Grade I listed medieval church of St Mary and east of the Grade II listed Old Rectory. The memorial comprises a tall elongated Latin stone cross c3.5m high with a tapering octagonal shaft and crossarm. The shaft stands on a corniced square plinth, which rests on a two-tier stepped base, together 1.25m high. On the top tier of the base is the inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF NETHERBURY-CUM-SALWAY ASH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. The front of the plinth is inscribed with 25 names. The east side has a recessed panel inscribed: 1939-1945/ (NAMES), with six names of the Fallen.
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, 7 December 2016.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 07/12/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/26719
War Memorials Online, accessed 07/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/97467
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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