Newnham War Memorial
St Mark's Church, Barton Road, Newnham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1430662
- Date first listed:
- 16-Dec-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Newnham War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- St Mark's Church, Barton Road, Newnham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1430662
- Date first listed:
- 16-Dec-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Newnham War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- St Mark's Church, Barton Road, Newnham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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:
- St Mark's Church, Barton Road, Newnham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Cambridgeshire
- District:
- Cambridge (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TL4418957460
Summary
First World War memorial, with later additions for the Second World War. The small tablet in front of the memorial is not included in the listing.
Reasons for Designation
Newnham War Memorial, in St Mark’s churchyard, 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 stone cross.
History
A war memorial committee raised the £200 cost of the memorial by subscription. The committee decided upon a deliberately simple and relatively low cross, to complement and not dominate the church of St Mark, then just c20 years old. After the committee had consulted the Royal Academy about the memorial’s design, its details were worked up by the Cambridge builders Messrs Ratlee and Kett (who also constructed it), and its lettering was designed by SC Cockerell, Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum. The cross was unveiled and dedicated on 7 October 1920 by Col. Riddell, CMG, DSO, sometime Commander Ist Battalion, the Cambridgeshire Regiment, and the Bishop of Ely.
Details
The war memorial stands to the front of (north of) the church of St Mark. Some 4m tall overall and of Portland stone, it is a simple yet elegant cross set on top of an octagonal shaft. That rises from a square plinth with chamfered edges, set on a two-stage octagonal base. The dedicatory inscription and the names of the fallen are now (2015) so eroded as to be only partially legible. The dedication is recorded as reading IN HIS WILL IS OUR PEACE/ FOR NONE OF US LIVETH TO HIMSELF/ NO MAN DIETH TO HIMSELF and TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR 1914-1919. 51 names of the fallen are inscribed, together with those of parishioners who died in the Second World War. A small tablet in front of the memorial (not included in the listing) states that the names of the fallen are recorded inside the church.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 25 July 2017.
Sources
Websites
Roll of Honour, accessed 13 August 2015 from http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Cambridgeshire/CambridgeStMarks.html
War Memorials Online, accessed 13 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/231666
War Memorials Register, accessed 25 July 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/901
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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