Collingbourne Kingston War Memorial

St Mary's Church, Collingbourne Kingston, Wiltshire, SN8 3SD

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Overview

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:: 1429092
Date first listed:: 22-Sep-2015
List Entry Name:: Collingbourne Kingston War Memorial
Statutory Address:: St Mary's Church, Collingbourne Kingston, Wiltshire, SN8 3SD

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1429092
Date first listed:: 22-Sep-2015
List Entry Name:: Collingbourne Kingston War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: St Mary's Church, Collingbourne Kingston, Wiltshire, SN8 3SD

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:: St Mary's Church, Collingbourne Kingston, Wiltshire, SN8 3SD

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

District:: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Collingbourne Kingston
National Grid Reference:: SU2391655799

Summary

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

Reasons for Designation

Collingbourne Kingston War Memorial, situated beside the gate to the Church of St Mary, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * 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; * Group Value: with the Grade II*-listed Church of St Mary and Church Cottage (Grade II).

History

The memorial was raised after the end of the First World War, commemorating those from Collingbourne Kingston who lost their lives during the conflict. After the Second World War a brass plaque was added to the base, commemorating those who fell in that war. Originally the memorial stood on Chapel Lane close to the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, where it appears on the Ordnance Survey 1:2500 County Series map published in 1975. At a later date it was moved to its current position near the parish church. The Chapel was closed in 1985.

Details

The memorial stands against the churchyard wall of the Church of St Mary (Grade II*-listed), facing the main road through the village. Just under 3m tall, it consists of a stone obelisk rising from a pedimented, tapering, square plinth. The plinth stands on a square, three-stepped base.

The front face of the pediment is decorated with a banner, carved in low relief. The banner carries the incised inscription THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918. A marble plaque on the front face of the plinth bears an inscription that reads THIS MONUMENT/ WAS ERECTED/ IN EVERLASTING MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES IN THE/ SERVICE OF THEIR/ KING AND COUNTRY/ +/ “THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE”.

Twenty names of those who fell in the First World War are listed on marble plaques on the flanking sides of the plinth. The inscriptions are in metal letters attached to the plaques. In addition, a brass plaque on the front face of the middle step of the base reads 1939 – 1945/ (3 NAMES).

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, 16 December 2016.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 16/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/192544
War Memorials Register, accessed 15/06/2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/24058

Legal

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