Reigate War Memorial
St Mark's Church, Alma Road, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 0DA
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1430671
- Date first listed:
- 16-Dec-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Reigate War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- St Mark's Church, Alma Road, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 0DA
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1430671
- Date first listed:
- 16-Dec-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Reigate War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- St Mark's Church, Alma Road, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 0DA
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, Alma Road, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 0DA
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Surrey
- District:
- Reigate and Banstead (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ2553350890
Summary
First World War memorial.
Reasons for Designation
Reigate War Memorial, which stands adjacent to the church of St Mark, 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: a well-executed Calvary cross with a pitched roof.
History
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. Reigate is one such memorial. It was designed by Messrs J Underwood and Son of London. The memorial was dedicated in November 1917 by the Rev HG Hill, the vicar of the church of St Thomas, Portman Square, London. At the time of the dedication, 56 names were inscribed on the memorial. A further 43 names were inscribed by 1919. Conservation and repair was carried out in 2011, by David Nash (Stonemason) of Beckenham, funded by private individuals and local businesses.
Included in the names of the fallen are the names of two women killed in action - Staff Nurse Lottie M Stevens who died on 15 March 1916 and Army Probationer Frances M Bates who died on 9 April 1916.
Details
The 17ft memorial, of Hopton Wood stone, consists of a large Calvary cross with a pitched roof, set on a tapering, chamfered square column, which sits on an octagonal plinth that rises from a three-stepped octagonal base. The top of the plinth has an overhang decorated with floral decorations, whilst the bottom of the plinth consists of a sloping base. The shaft carries the inscription GREATER / LOVE / HATH / NO / MAN / THAN / THIS, in gold leaf. All other lettering is inscribed with enamel inserts. The front face of the plinth reads TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / AND IN LOVING AND / GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / THOSE WHO FOR OUR / COUNTRY OUR HOMES / AND FOR US / GAVE THEIR LIVES IN / THE GREAT WAR. An inscription around the base of the plinth reads 1914-1918 / MAY THE SOULS OF THE FAITHFUL / THROUGH THE MERCY OF GOD / REST IN PEACE / GRANT THEM O LORD / ETERNAL REST AND / LET LIGHT PERPETUAL / SHINE UPON THEM. The names of those who fell in the First World War are listed on seven faces of the base.
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 20 March 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 05/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/133265
War Memorials Trust - Reigate entry, accessed 12 October 2015 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=633
War Memorials Register, accessed 20/3/2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/71508
Other
The Surrey Mirror, 30th November 1917
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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