Methwold War Memorial
Methwold Cemetery, Stoke Road, Methwold, Norfolk, IP26
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1430669
- Date first listed:
- 05-Jan-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Methwold War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Methwold Cemetery, Stoke Road, Methwold, Norfolk, IP26
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1430669
- Date first listed:
- 05-Jan-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Methwold War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Methwold Cemetery, Stoke Road, Methwold, Norfolk, IP26
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:
- Methwold Cemetery, Stoke Road, Methwold, Norfolk, IP26
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Methwold
- National Grid Reference:
- TL7359995066
Summary
First World War memorial, with later additions.
Reasons for Designation
Methwold War Memorial, situated within Methwold Cemetery, 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;
History
The aftermath of the First World War saw a huge wave of public commemoration with tens of thousands of memorials erected across the country. One such memorial was erected to commemorate the 40 men from Methwold village who lost their lives. A further dedication was added, commemorating those who lost their lives during the Second World War. Conservation and repair work was carried out in 2014, funded by War Memorials Trust; this included cleaning the memorial, repointing cracks, and repainting the inscription.
Details
The memorial, of red granite, consists of an obelisk set on a square tapering plinth, which sits on a two-stepped square base.
The front face of the plinth bears an inscription that reads ERECTED / IN GRATEFUL MEMORY / TO THE MEN OF METHWOLD / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919 / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE / FOR HIS FRIENDS, with the names of those who fell in the First World War listed on the remaining faces of the plinth.
In addition, the front face of the first step of the base reads ALSO THE FALLEN IN WAR / 1939 – 1945, with the names of those who fell in the Second World War listed on the remaining faces of the top step of the base. All inscriptions are incised and painted black.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 15 May 2015 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/142506
War Memorials Trust Grant Showcase – Methwold entry, accessed 15 May 2015 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=1114
War Memorials Register, accessed 15 May 2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/19663
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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