Chearsley War Memorial

Junction of Chilton Road and Winchendon Road, Chearsley, Buckinghamshire

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War memorial, 1920, by Messrs A and F Manulle with additional details added after the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1430581
Date first listed:: 26-Nov-2015
List Entry Name:: Chearsley War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Junction of Chilton Road and Winchendon Road, Chearsley, Buckinghamshire

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1430581
Date first listed:: 26-Nov-2015
List Entry Name:: Chearsley War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Junction of Chilton Road and Winchendon Road, Chearsley, Buckinghamshire

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:: Junction of Chilton Road and Winchendon Road, Chearsley, Buckinghamshire

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

District:: Buckinghamshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Chearsley
National Grid Reference:: SP7169710697

Summary

War memorial, 1920, by Messrs A and F Manulle with additional details added after the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Chearsley War Memorial, 1920, designed by the architects A and F Manulle, 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: an unaltered, modest, but considered design in quality material by local architects A and F Manulle.

History

Designed and erected after the First World War the memorial was unveiled by General Sir Robert Fanshawe KCB DSO on 14th November 1920. Fanshawe commanded 48th (South Midland) Division during the First World War and was one of three brothers who all commanded corps or divisions in this conflict. The names of the First World War fallen are detailed on the base of the monument. After the Second World War further names were added.

Details

War memorial of 1920, designed by Messrs A and F Manulle.

MATERIALS: rough-hewn granite.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands on a grassy knoll, shaded by an oak tree, and opposite the village Green. The base of the memorial is a simple rectangular plinth set directly into the grass. A battered section then rises from the plinth upon which stands a sturdy pylon topped with a perforated Celtic wheel cross. On the base of the front of the memorial metal letters on a polished stone face spell out the inscription TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY/OF THOSE IN THIS PARISH/WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/1914-1919. The names of those commemorated are displayed on the side faces, again in metal lettering on a polished stone, with two additions from the Second World War.

Sources

Websites
Geni.com , accessed 1 October 2015 from http://www.geni.com/people/Major-General-Sir-Robert-Fanshawe-KCB-DSO/6000000025804344023
War Memorials Online , accessed 1 October 2015 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/115291
War Memorials Register, accessed 5 September 2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/8028

Legal

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