Feckenham War Memorial
St. John The Baptist Church, The Square, Feckenham, Redditch, Worcestershire, B96 6HR
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1428950
- Date first listed:
- 08-Sept-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Feckenham War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- St. John The Baptist Church, The Square, Feckenham, Redditch, Worcestershire, B96 6HR
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1428950
- Date first listed:
- 08-Sept-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Feckenham War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- St. John The Baptist Church, The Square, Feckenham, Redditch, Worcestershire, B96 6HR
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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
- Statutory Address:
- St. John The Baptist Church, The Square, Feckenham, Redditch, Worcestershire, B96 6HR
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Worcestershire
- District:
- Redditch (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Feckenham
- National Grid Reference:
- SP0092161613
Summary
A war memorial in the churchyard of the church of St John the Baptist, Feckenham, Worcestershire. Designed by the Bromsgrove Guild and unveiled in 1920 by the Earl of Coventry.
Reasons for Designation
Feckenham War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: it is a poignant reminder of the impact of world events upon an individual community and thus has strong cultural and historical significance within both a local and national context;
* Architectural interest: as an accomplished and well-realised war memorial by the noted Bromsgrove Guild, which takes the form of a Calvary cross;
* Group value: with the Church of St John the Baptist (listed Grade II*).
History
The monument was designed by the Bromsgrove Guild in 1919 and unveiled by the Earl of Coventry in 1920. It cost £167, raised by public subscription, and part of the money raised went towards electric lighting for the church and village hall.
Details
A war memorial in the churchyard of the church of St John the Baptist, Feckenham. Designed by the Bromsgrove Guild and unveiled in 1920 by the Earl of Coventry.
MATERIALS & PLAN: Portland stone to the upper body, with a sandstone platform. A Calvary cross with gabled hood on a tapered octagonal shaft which rises from a square plinth with a square platform of three steps.
DESCRIPTION: the south front shows the figure of the crucified Christ in high relief on the cross, which bears a carved scroll with the letters ‘INRI’. The head of the cross has a gabled hood with decorated bosses and there is a wheel head at the juncture of the cross arms. Below the crucifix is a moulded band. The plinth has to its south side a recessed panel with the inscription ‘TO . THE . GLORY OF / GOD & IN MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF THIS / PARISH WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914-1918’. Below this on the lower plinth is inscribed ‘ALSO THOSE WHO FELL IN THE / WORLD WAR 1939-1945’. The other three sides are inscribed with the names of the dead from both world wars.
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 11/09/2015
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, 18 January 2017.
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Brooks, A, The Buildings of England: Worcestershire, (2007), 310
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 18 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/32108
War Memorials Online, accessed 18 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/141893
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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