Long Sutton War Memorial
Churchyard of Holy Trinity Church, The Green, Long Sutton, Somerset
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1432201
- Date first listed:
- 20-Jan-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Long Sutton War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Churchyard of Holy Trinity Church, The Green, Long Sutton, Somerset
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1432201
- Date first listed:
- 20-Jan-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Long Sutton War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Churchyard of Holy Trinity Church, The Green, Long Sutton, Somerset
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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:
- Churchyard of Holy Trinity Church, The Green, Long Sutton, Somerset
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Long Sutton
- National Grid Reference:
- ST4692325340
Summary
War memorial, erected in c1920.
Reasons for Designation
Long Sutton War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Architectural interest: a dignified and well-crafted example;
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Group value: with the Grade I listed Holy Trinity Church, which forms its backdrop.
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 erected on the edge of the churchyard in Long Sutton to commemorate the twenty men from the parish who lost their lives during the conflict. A further inscription was added after the Second World War.
Details
War memorial, erected in c1920.
MATERIALS: carved from Hamstone.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands at the edge of the churchyard and is octagonal on plan. It comprises a Latin cross with octagonal arms and shaft rising from a plinth on a six-stepped base. The plinth has a chamfered top and a fretted cornice, and each of its four faces has a trefoil-arched inscription panel. The panel on east face is inscribed: TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD/ IN THANKSGIVING/ FOR VICTORY AND PEACE/ AND TO THE/ HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF/ THIS PARISH WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918; the north and east faces record the names of those who lost their lives. The south face carries the inscription: 1919/ (NAME)/ ERECTED BY/ THE PEOPLE OF/ LONG SUTTON/ 1939-1945/ (NAME).
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: enclosed by low boundary walls with stone coping, with piers and an iron gate on the west side.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 23 November 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 08/12/2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/25039
War Memorials Online, accessed 23 November 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/253637
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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