Wood Dalling War Memorial
Church of St Andrew, Reepham Road, Wood Dalling, Norfolk, NR11 6SN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1430986
- Date first listed:
- 18-Nov-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Wood Dalling War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St Andrew, Reepham Road, Wood Dalling, Norfolk, NR11 6SN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1430986
- Date first listed:
- 18-Nov-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Wood Dalling War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church of St Andrew, Reepham Road, Wood Dalling, Norfolk, NR11 6SN
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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:
- Church of St Andrew, Reepham Road, Wood Dalling, Norfolk, NR11 6SN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- Broadland (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Wood Dalling
- National Grid Reference:
- TG0898126992
Summary
First World War memorial with later additions.
Reasons for Designation
Wood Dalling War Memorial, situated in the churchyard of the Church of St Andrew, 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 wheel-head cross;
* Group value: with the Grade I-listed church of St Andrew.
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. One such memorial was raised at Wood Dalling to commemorate 16 parishioners who fell during the First World War. A plaque honouring 5 men who died in the Second World War was added following that conflict.
Details
The granite memorial stands in the northern part of the churchyard of the church of St Andrew (Grade I). It comprises a wheel-head cross rising from a rectangular shaft, which stands on a tapering plinth. The plinth stands on a low step within a shallow, square, kerb. The wheel-head face is ornamented with a cross carved in low relief, with a shallow raised panel on the shaft front.
The front face of the plinth bears an inscription that reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. The names of the fallen are recorded on either side of the plinth.
In addition, a stone plaque placed at angle at the front of the memorial reads ALSO IN MEMORY/ OF THOSE WHO DIED IN THE WAR/ 1939 – 1945/ (5 NAMES).
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 29/05/2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/19773
War Memorials Online, accessed 20 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/104267
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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