Lopen War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1428302
- Date first listed:
- 04-Oct-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Lopen War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1428302
- Date first listed:
- 04-Oct-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Lopen War Memorial
- Location Description:
- Church of All Saints, Lopen, Somerset
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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Lopen
- National Grid Reference:
- ST4271214484
Summary
A war memorial cross of 1920s date.
Reasons for Designation
The war memorial in the churchyard of the Church of All Saints, Lopen, Somerset is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of the First World War and the sacrifices this community made during the conflict;
* Architectural interest: a well-crafted memorial cross in dressed stone;
* Intactness: the structure is relatively unaltered.
History
The memorial to the men of Lopen who fought and died in the First World War was erected in the 1920s. It is shown on the Ordnance Survey Map of 1929.
Details
A war memorial of 1920s date.
MATERIALS: constructed of granite on a stone slab base.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial is a freestanding cross with a square profile tapering column and wheel cross surmounting a square moulded plinth and base. The front face (north-east) of the plinth is inscribed in lead lettering: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ THE BRAVE MEN OF LOPEN/ FREDERICK HALL/ FRED PIDGEON/ ERNEST WILLIAM EDMONDS/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918. The north-west face has an inscription of 2016: ALSO/ BROTHERS/ GEORGE AND/ WILLIAM HENRY/ GREENHAM.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 22/06/2015 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/131409
War Memorials Register, accessed 22/06/2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/25045
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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