Padstow War Memorial
St Saviour's Point, SW Coast Path, Padstow, Cornwall, PL28 8AF
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1430675
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Padstow War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- St Saviour's Point, SW Coast Path, Padstow, Cornwall, PL28 8AF
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1430675
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Padstow War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- St Saviour's Point, SW Coast Path, Padstow, Cornwall, PL28 8AF
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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 Saviour's Point, SW Coast Path, Padstow, Cornwall, PL28 8AF
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Padstow
- National Grid Reference:
- SW9215876060
Summary
First World War Memorial with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Padstow War Memorial, which stands at St Saviour's Point, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reason:
* 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 more than usually elaborate Celtic cross.
History
The memorial was designed by TH Northam and carved by monumental masons Freeman and Sons. The land on which the memorial was built was donated by the Prideaux-Brune family, who themselves lost a son in the First World War. It was unveiled on 27 September 1922 by Mrs Prideaux-Brune, Mrs Bate, Miss Mitchell and Miss Miller, and was dedicated by the Rev TH Skinner. Conservation and repair work was carried out in 2014, funded by War Memorials Trust, included cleaning the stonework, repointing open joints and repainting the inscription.
Details
The memorial, of rough-hewn granite, consists of a Celtic cross set on a tapering square column both decorated with a carved Celtic pattern, which rises from a square plinth that sits on a three-stepped square base. Carved in relief on the front face of the column is the inscription 1914 – 1919, accompanied by a wreath carved in relief.
The front face of the plinth reads TO / THE GLORY OF GOD, / IN HONOURED MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF PADSTOW, / WHOSE NAMES ARE RECORDED HEREON / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / ALSO / IN GRATEFUL APPRECIATION / OF THE SERVICES / OF THOSE WHO RETURNED. The names of those who served in the First and Second World Wars are inscribed on the other three sides of the plinth. These inscriptions are carved in relief and painted with black enamel paint.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 15 May 2015 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/179144
War Memorials Trust Grant Showcase – Padstow entry, accessed 15th May 2015 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=1100
War Memorials Register, accessed 15th May 2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/9248
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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