Bishop's Lydeard War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1430053
- Date first listed:
- 09-Oct-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Bishop's Lydeard War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1430053
- Date first listed:
- 09-Oct-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Bishop's Lydeard War Memorial
- Location Description:
- Mount Street, Bishop's Lydeard, Taunton Deane, 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:
- Bishop's Lydeard
- National Grid Reference:
- ST1688829578
Summary
A First World War memorial dating from c.1920, altered by the addition of the names of the Fallen of the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Bishop’s Lydeard 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;
* Design: a well-executed stone cross.
History
The War Memorial in Bishop's Lydiard was erected as part of the great wave of commemoration that took place following the First World War. It is positioned adjacent to the main road through the village, in a small enclosure next to the Church of England school. The monument was paid for by public subscription, and contains plaques listing the names of the fallen. Following the Second World War, the names of the fallen of that conflict were also added to the monument. It has been little altered since.
Details
A First World War memorial dedicated in 1921, altered by the addition of the names of the fallen of the Second World War.
MATERIALS: the memorial is constructed of Ham Stone.
DESCRIPTION: the monument is approximately 3.1m high. It takes the form of a Latin cross, based on the Cross of Sacrifice designed in 1918 by Sir Reginald Blomfield, and sits atop an octagonal plinth, itself sitting on a three-stepped platform. The plinth contains plaques of Portland stone dedicated to the fallen of the First World War. The central inscription reads, 'IN GLORIOUS/ MEMORY OF THOSE/ OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR THEIR/ KING AND COUNTRY/ 1914 - 1918'.
Additional plaques in bronze have been affixed to the upper step of the base in memory of the fallen of the Second World War.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: the memorial sits in a small, paved and gravelled enclosure, bounded by walls of Ham stone.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 09/09/2015 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/124582
War Memorials Register, accessed 09/09/2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/24894
War Memorials Trust, accessed 9th September 2015 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=897
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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