Broadway War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1429603
- Date first listed:
- 24-Sept-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Broadway War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1429603
- Date first listed:
- 24-Sept-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Broadway War Memorial
- Location Description:
- Broadway Road, Broadway, South Somerset, Somerset
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.
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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Broadway
- National Grid Reference:
- ST3203215413
Summary
A First World War memorial made by A Ruscombe Emery, stonemason, dating from about 1921; altered after the Second World War to commemorate the lost of that conflict.
Reasons for Designation
Broadway War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: a sombre but elegant memorial with good inscriptions;
* Group value: with the listed buildings on the north side of Broadway Road, particularly Church House, the village’s former Congregational Chapel.
History
The memorial was erected after the First World War to commemorate the nine men of the parish of Broadway who lost their lives during the conflict. It was made by Mr A Ruscombe Emery, a local stonemason. After 1945, the memorial was altered to commemorate the serviceman from the village who had died in the Second World War. The structure was cleaned and repaired in 2013.
Details
A First World War memorial made by A Ruscombe Emery, stonemason, dating from about 1921; altered after the Second World War to commemorate the lost of that conflict.
MATERIALS: the memorial is made from local stone.
DESCRIPTION: the structure, which is circa 3.5m high, takes the form of a cross with chamfered arms and flared ends, on a tapering shaft. This is set into a square plinth, which is inscribed IN MEMORY OF / THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918 / AND OF THE MEN / FROM THIS PARISH / WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE, with the names of the Fallen beneath inscribed Maltese crosses to the flanking faces. This plinth stands on a four-stepped platform, the uppermost step of which is inscribed 2ND WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945, and with the name of the serviceman who fell in that conflict. The inscriptions are picked out in black paint.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: the memorial stands in a reserved semicircular area gravelled area, around which the roadside boundary wall diverts. To the front, four stone posts with domed finials to their tops form the uprights for a chain-link fence.
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
Somerset HER Entry 17861: War memorial, Broadway Road, Broadway, accessed 17.08.2015 from http://webapp1.somerset.gov.uk/her/details.asp?prn=17861
War Memorials Register, accessed 17/08/2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/24783
War Memorials Online, accessed 14/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/99357
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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