Second World War Memorial
Churchyard of St Laurence's Church, Affpuddle, Dorchester, Dorset
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1429845
- Date first listed:
- 30-Sept-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Second World War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Churchyard of St Laurence's Church, Affpuddle, Dorchester, Dorset
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1429845
- Date first listed:
- 30-Sept-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Second World War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Churchyard of St Laurence's Church, Affpuddle, Dorchester, Dorset
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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
- Statutory Address:
- Churchyard of St Laurence's Church, Affpuddle, Dorchester, Dorset
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle
- National Grid Reference:
- SY8056493693
Summary
Second World War memorial in the Garden of Peace.
Reasons for Designation
Affpuddle War Memorial, which is situated in the churchyard of St Laurence’s Church, 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 during the Second World War;
* Design: a carefully-designed structure that reflects the local vernacular.
History
Affpuddle War Memorial was erected after the end of the Second World War in memory of the seven local men who died during this conflict. It is situated within the churchyard of St Laurence’s Church and was a gift of Sir Ernest Debenham, grandson of William Debenham, the founder of the British department store, who owned most of the land in the area. The memorial takes the form of a shelter or shrine, and the East Anglican craftsman Loughnan Pendred designed the Crucifixion carving within it. Sir Ernest was also responsible for commissioning the sculptor Eric Gill to design the First World War Memorial (listed Grade II*) at nearby Briantspuddle.
Details
Second World War memorial in the Garden of Peace.
DESCRIPTION: it is a three-sided structure, constructed of brick and timber with a plain clay tile pitched roof, in the form of a shelter. There are vine carvings to the bargeboards of the gabled roof. It has an open doorway with a pointed-arched head and incised spandrels; the dates 1939 and 1945 are inscribed on the horizontal rail above. To either side of the doorway is a stone tablet listing the names of the seven men who died. Inside, on the back wall is a wooden sculpture of the Crucifixion by Loughnan Pendred. It rests on a stone base which is inscribed: THY SIN IS MY PAIN.
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, 7 December 2016.
Sources
Websites
Affuddle. Briantspuddle Community Website, accessed 26 August 2015 from http://www.briantspuddle.info/visiting_the_area/affpuddle
War Memorials Online, accessed 07/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/192533
War Memorials Register, accessed 07/12/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/109
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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