Barrington War Memorial
Haslingfield Road, Barrington, Cambridgeshire, CB22 7RE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1430661
- Date first listed:
- 15-Dec-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Barrington War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Haslingfield Road, Barrington, Cambridgeshire, CB22 7RE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1430661
- Date first listed:
- 15-Dec-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Barrington War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Haslingfield Road, Barrington, Cambridgeshire, CB22 7RE
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:
- Haslingfield Road, Barrington, Cambridgeshire, CB22 7RE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Cambridgeshire
- District:
- South Cambridgeshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Barrington
- National Grid Reference:
- TL3964949918
Summary
First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions.
Reasons for Designation
Barrington War Memorial, unveiled in 1920, is listed at Grade II for the following 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 modest yet well executed memorial in the medieval style;
* Group value: it stands on a small green alongside the Grade I-listed church of All Saints’.
History
The war memorial was designed by a committee made up from the village, with Captain J. N. Bendyshe acting as Chair. The committee decided to erect a wayside cross on the Green, with fencing to protect it against the cattle and horses that grazed on the Green. It was designed by Mr H. C. King of Dean’s Yard, Westminster. Several fund raising events were carried out by the village to help raise funds to pay for it. The memorial was unveiled on 8 August 1920.
Details
The war memorial stands on a small triangular green adjoining the south entrance to the churchyard of the church of All Saints’ (Grade I). Some 4m tall overall, it takes the form of a gabled calvary with a small metal Christ figure atop a hexagonal Doulting stone shaft rising from a square plinth with chamfered corners. That is set on a three-stage, octagonal, sandstone base. Inscribed on the plinth is (side one): IN MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR FROM 1914/ TO 1918 AND IN GRATITUDE FOR THEIR SACRIFICE/ R. I. P. (side two): (names). (side three): THE WORLD WAR/ (names)/ DIED WHILE ON ACTIVE/ SERVICE 1939 – 1945. Further names were added for later losses.
The memorial is surrounded by a chain link fence mounted on short concrete posts.
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, 16 January 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 10 November 2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/3580
War Memorials Online, accessed 16 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/177090
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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