Fivehead War Memorial

Village Green, Fivehead, Taunton, Somerset

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War memorial, c1920. Further plaque added after Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1428780
Date first listed:: 21-Aug-2015
List Entry Name:: Fivehead War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Village Green, Fivehead, Taunton, Somerset

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1428780
Date first listed:: 21-Aug-2015
List Entry Name:: Fivehead War Memorial
Location Description:
Statutory Address 1:: Village Green, Fivehead, Taunton, Somerset

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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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Village Green, Fivehead, Taunton, Somerset

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

District:: Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Fivehead
National Grid Reference:: ST3530222887

Summary

War memorial, c1920. Further plaque added after Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Fivehead War Memorial, which is situated in the centre of the village, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impacts of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it made in the conflicts of the C20; * Design: a well-executed memorial in Doulting stone; * Group value: it stands adjacent to the churchyard of the Grade I listed church of St Martin and close to several other listed buildings.

History

The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. One such memorial was erected in Fivehead, after being first proposed in May 1919, to commemorate the twelve local men who died during the conflict. It is prominently situated on the village green, adjacent to the churchyard of St Martin’s church. Following the Second World War a second dedicatory inscription was added. The steps of the war memorial were repointed in 2014

Details

War memorial, c1920. Further plaque added after Second World War.

DESCRIPTION: it takes the form of a stylised Maltese cross carved from Doulting stone on an octagonal tapered shaft mounted upon a plinth. Beneath this is an octagonal base which carries two bronze plaques on its south-east side. The first is inscribed: (NAMES) / 1914 “FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH.” 1918; the other carries the name of the local man who died during the Second World War and the dates of this conflict. The structure stands on three octagonal steps.

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, 14 December 2016.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 14/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/195822
War Memorials Register, accessed 14/07/2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/1406

Legal

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