Littlebredy War Memorial

Churchyard of St Michael & All Angels Church, Littlebredy, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 9HG

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First World War memorial. Erected c1920. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1428326
Date first listed:: 20-Aug-2015
List Entry Name:: Littlebredy War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Churchyard of St Michael & All Angels Church, Littlebredy, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 9HG

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1428326
Date first listed:: 20-Aug-2015
List Entry Name:: Littlebredy War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Churchyard of St Michael & All Angels Church, Littlebredy, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 9HG

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Churchyard of St Michael & All Angels Church, Littlebredy, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 9HG

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Dorset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Littlebredy
National Grid Reference:: SY5879189038

Summary

First World War memorial. Erected c1920.

Reasons for Designation

Littlebredy War Memorial, erected c1920 in the churchyard of St Michael and All Angel’s Church, is designated 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 floriated cross with a statute of Jesus Christ as the Good Shepherd, rising from a moulded plinth and octagonal base, all finely carved in Portland stone; * Group value: with the Grade II* listed St Michael and All Angel’s Church and adjacent Grade II listed houses, which form part of the C19 model village of Littlebredy, within the picturesque designed landscape and Grade II registered park of Bridehead.

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 seven residents of Littlebredy who lost their lives.

Details

First World War memorial. Erected c1920.

MATERIALS: Portland stone ashlar.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands in the churchyard of St Michael and All Angel’s Church, near the centre of Littlebredy, and faces south. It is to the north of the Grade II* listed medieval church, east of the Grade II listed Old Parsonage and south of the Grade II listed School House, within the Grade II registered early C19 park of Bridehead. The memorial comprises a fluted foliated cross rising from the foliage capital of a c3.5m high tapering, fluted, octagonal shaft with a moulded base. A statue of Jesus Christ depicted as the Good Shepherd, with a lamb resting upon his shoulders, is supported by a corbel on the front of the cross. The shaft rests upon an octagonal plinth and octagonal base, together 0.6m high. On the front of the plinth is the inscription: I WILL SEEK/ OUT MY SHEEP/ AND DELIVER THEM/ OUT OF ALL PLACES/ WHERE THEY/ HAVE BEEN SCATTERED/ TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD IN/ EVERLASTING/ MEMORY AND/ PRAISE OF THOSE/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR US IN/ THE GREAT WAR. The other sides of the plinth are inscribed with seven names, including full name, rank, regiment, parent’s names, date and place of birth, date and place of death, place of burial.

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
Dorset OPC. 2015. Littlebredy Roll of Honour, transcribed by Kim Parker., accessed 1 June 2015 from http://www.opcdorset.org/LittleBredyFiles/LittleBredyRollofHonour.htm
War Memorials Online, accessed 07/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/122372
War Memorials Register, accessed 07/12/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/73

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.