Long Crendon War Memorial
Junction of Chearsley Road and Bicester Road, Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire, HP18 9AA
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1432474
- Date first listed:
- 05-Feb-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Long Crendon War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Junction of Chearsley Road and Bicester Road, Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire, HP18 9AA
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1432474
- Date first listed:
- 05-Feb-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Long Crendon War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Junction of Chearsley Road and Bicester Road, Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire, HP18 9AA
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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:
- Junction of Chearsley Road and Bicester Road, Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire, HP18 9AA
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Buckinghamshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Long Crendon
- National Grid Reference:
- SP6934608700
Summary
First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Long Crendon War Memorial, which stands at the junction of Chearsley Road and Bicester Road, Long Crendon, 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;
* Architectural interest: a simple yet elegant Classical obelisk;
* Group value: with Sycamore Farmhouse and Number 13, and 7, Bicester Road (both Grade II-listed).
History
Long Crendon War Memorial was unveiled on 19 November 1920 by Colonel F T Higgins Bernard, of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. The memorial commemorates 52 local servicemen who died during the First World War. Following the Second World War, further names were added to commemorate those eight who died in that conflict.
Details
The memorial stands in a raised garden to the east of the junction of Chearsley Road and Bicester Road. The garden is fronted by a low retaining wall. Access is gained by way of three steps in the centre of the wall, leading up to a paved area bordered on three sides by a similar low stone wall. A further three steps in the rear wall rise up to a flowerbed.
Approximately 3m tall, the stone monument at the centre of the paved area comprises an obelisk, square on plan. The obelisk rises from the pediment of a square plinth. The plinth stands on a three-stepped base. The principal dedication on the front (west) face of the plinth reads IN MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DURING/ THE GREAT WAR/ "THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE.”/ 1914 (3 NAMES)/ 1915 (9 NAMES). The remaining names from the First World War, grouped by year, are recorded on the other sides of the plinth. Inscriptions for the Second World War are recorded on the front faces of the steps. All the inscriptions are executed in metal letters fixed to the stone.
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, 11 January 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 22/12/2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/8040
War Memorials Online, accessed 11 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/115279
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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