Longparish War Memorial

Longparish Cemetery, Longparish, Andover, Hampshire, SP11 6PB

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Overview

War memorial to the First World, 1920, designed by TD Atkinson of Winchester, and built by the North Hants Stone Works of Basingstoke; added to following the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1428863
Date first listed:: 21-Oct-2015
List Entry Name:: Longparish War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Longparish Cemetery, Longparish, Andover, Hampshire, SP11 6PB

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1428863
Date first listed:: 21-Oct-2015
List Entry Name:: Longparish War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Longparish Cemetery, Longparish, Andover, Hampshire, SP11 6PB

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:: Longparish Cemetery, Longparish, Andover, Hampshire, SP11 6PB

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

County:: Hampshire
District:: Test Valley (District Authority)
Parish:: Longparish
National Grid Reference:: SU4249244005

Summary

War memorial to the First World, 1920, designed by TD Atkinson of Winchester, and built by the North Hants Stone Works of Basingstoke; added to following the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

The Longparish War Memorial, 1920, 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; * Architectural interest: a striking design, well-executed with good-quality mouldings in crisply cut Portland stone; * Group value: with a number of other listed buildings in the vicinity, including the Church of St Nicholas.

History

The great wave of memorial building in the years following the First World War honoured the many thousands of troops lost, marking the great impact of the international conflict at a local level. Memorials provided a focal point for grieving communities, whose dead were often not repatriated.

The memorial in Longparish is one such example, erected in the village cemetery, the ‘sacred spot’ where the majority of the men would have been buried had there been no war. The design was by the architect TD Atkinson of Winchester, and the monument was built by the North Hants Stone Works of Basingstoke. It is thought to have cost in the region of £250, and was paid for by public subscription. A ceremony was conducted in September 1920, when robed choristers and the Whitchurch Town Band marched to the tune of ‘Onward Christian Soldiers’, and General Guy Dawnay, who fought in the Gallipoli Campaign, unveiled the memorial.

In common with other First World War memorials, it was added to following the Second World War.

Details

First World War memorial, 1920, designed by TD Atkinson of Winchester, and built by the North Hants Stone Works of Basingstoke; added to following the Second World War.

MATERIALS: it is built from Portland stone.

DESCRIPTION: a cross upon a square column, mounted on a base of four deep steps bearing commemorative inscriptions. The cross has moulded edging and in the centre has a label with ‘IHS’ in moulded lettering. It stands atop a slightly tapering column with an egg and dart moulded cornice, with a moulded laurel wreath suspended on a ribbon. On the top step in incised, painted lettering is the inscription: ‘GREATER LOVE / HATH NO MAN THAN THIS / 1914 – 1918’. On the steps below, ordered by year of death and surname, are the names of the 29 dead men. On the top step of the return elevation: ‘ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS / IN HONOUR OF THE / MEN OF LONGPARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN / THE GREAT WAR. On the top step of the rear elevation: ‘1939-1945 / IN MEMORY / OF’ followed by the names of 11 local men.

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 03/11/2015

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, 6 December 2016.

Sources

Websites
Longparish at War, Longparish village web site, accessed 17/08/2015 from http://www.longparish.org.uk/about-longparish/2014-06-12-17-35-10/329-longparish-at-war.html
Martin Edwards, Longparish War Memorial, 2006. , accessed 17/08/2015 from http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Hampshire/Longparish.html
War Memorials Online, accessed 06/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/102201
War Memorials Register, accessed 06/12/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/21889
Other
49009 -Atkinson of Winchester, architect (Thomas Dinham Atkinson), Plans and drawings: various memorials, 9M49/B130, Hampshire Record Office, Winchester

Legal

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