Horsington War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1432250
- Date first listed:
- 09-Feb-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Horsington War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1432250
- Date first listed:
- 09-Feb-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Horsington War Memorial
- Location Description:
- Lower Road, Horsington, South Somerset, Somerset
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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Horsington
- National Grid Reference:
- ST6983824429
Summary
A stone war memorial cross of 1920s date.
Reasons for Designation
The war memorial at Horsington, Somerset is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impacts of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it has made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: a well-crafted cross design in dressed stone;
* Intactness: the structure is unaltered;
* Group value: it forms an important group with the Grade II listed Horsington School.
History
The war memorial to the fourteen members of Horsington Parish who died in the First World War was erected in the 1920s and is shown on the Ordnance Survey Map of 1930. The names of the eight who fell in the Second World War were added later.
Details
A war memorial cross of 1920s date.
MATERIALS: constructed of stone.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial is a freestanding latin cross with a tapering chamfered shaft, square plinth and two-stepped octagonal base. The front face of the plinth is inscribed: IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914 -1918/ (NAMES). The step below is inscribed: 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES).
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 09/12/2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/1376
War Memorials Online, accessed 23 November 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/253636
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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