Bacton War Memorial
The churchyard of St Mary's Church, Church Road, Bacton, Suffolk, IP14 4LJ
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1430522
- Date first listed:
- 03-Nov-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Bacton War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- The churchyard of St Mary's Church, Church Road, Bacton, Suffolk, IP14 4LJ
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1430522
- Date first listed:
- 03-Nov-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Bacton War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- The churchyard of St Mary's Church, Church Road, Bacton, Suffolk, IP14 4LJ
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
- Statutory Address:
- The churchyard of St Mary's Church, Church Road, Bacton, Suffolk, IP14 4LJ
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- Mid Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bacton
- National Grid Reference:
- TM0529267223
Summary
First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Bacton War Memorial, situated in the churchyard of 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 the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Group value: with the Grade I-listed Church of St Mary.
History
The memorial was designed and executed by Mr AH Hanchet of Bury St Edmunds, and was unveiled by Alderman Owen Clarke on 24 October 1920. The dedication service was led by the Rector, Reverend JS Vallalley. Following the Second World War, an inscription was added to the cross shaft commemorating those who fell in that conflict. Conservation and repair work was carried out in 2002, funded by War Memorials Trust.
Details
The memorial stands in the north side of the churchyard of the church of St Mary (Grade I-listed), close to the footpath leading from Church Road. The 2.3m tall memorial, of Aberdeen granite, comprises a blind wheel-head cross rising from a tapering shaft. That stands on a tapered, square, plinth set on a two-stepped, rough-hewn, square base. The wheel of the cross is decorated with a wreath, carved in relief. An inscription in the centre of the cross reads THEIR/ NAME LIVETH/ FOR/ EVERMORE.
On the front face of the foot of the cross shaft is the inscription 1939-1945 (8 NAMES). Below this, an inscription on the front face of the plinth reads IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF BACTON/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ HONOUR TO THE IMMORTAL DEAD. The 17 names of those who died in the First World War are listed on the flanking faces of the plinth. All the inscriptions are incised and painted black.
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, 13 January 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 22 May 2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/4679
War Memorials Trust, Grants Showcase - Bacton, Suffolk, accessed 22 May 2015 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=281
War Memorials Online, accessed 13 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/118018
Other
"Bacton's Memorial Cross", The Bury Free Press, 30 October 1920, p2
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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