Eastleach Turville Memorial Cross

Eastleach Turville, Gloucestershire, GL7 3NQ

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First World War memorial, with later additions for the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1428375
Date first listed:: 17-Aug-2015
List Entry Name:: Eastleach Turville Memorial Cross
Statutory Address:: Eastleach Turville, Gloucestershire, GL7 3NQ

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1428375
Date first listed:: 17-Aug-2015
List Entry Name:: Eastleach Turville Memorial Cross
Statutory Address 1:: Eastleach Turville, Gloucestershire, GL7 3NQ

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Eastleach Turville, Gloucestershire, GL7 3NQ

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

County:: Gloucestershire
District:: Cotswold (District Authority)
Parish:: Eastleach
National Grid Reference:: SP2004705203

Summary

First World War memorial, with later additions for the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Eastleach Turville Memorial Cross, situated at the centre of the village, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reason: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this local community, and the sacrifice it has made in the conflicts of the C20.

History

Eastleach Turville Memorial Cross is dedicated to the men of Eastleach Turville, Eastleach Martin, and Fyfield who fell in the First World War. Further names were added following the Second World War. The memorial was repaired in 1990 and again in 2014, when, funded by War Memorials Trust and location donations, new stone was let into the bottom step and the shaft collar to replace damaged material.

Details

This 5.2m tall stone memorial is composed of a three-stepped base surmounted by a square plinth. A tapering octagonal shaft rises from the plinth, culminating in a moulded collar supporting a wheel-head cross. A small annulet is carved in low relief at the cross centre.

The inscriptions are incised into each face of the plinth. The principal dedication reads TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF OUR PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918. The names of 12 servicemen who died are commemorated. The later Second World War dedication reads 1939 – 1945 (2 NAMES).

The memorial is surrounded by a small gravelled area, enclosed by a low, dry-stone wall.

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, 10 January 2017.

Sources

Books and journals
O'Shaughnessy, G., Eastleach War Memorial, (2014)
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 10 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/145830
War Memorials Register, accessed 25/06/2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/20849
War Memorials Trust, Grants Showcase - Eastleach Turville, accessed 25/06/2015 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=1098

Legal

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