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Harbury War Memorial

Crown Street, Harbury, Warwickshire, CV33 9HE

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Overview

First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1432586
Date first listed:: 02-Feb-2016
List Entry Name:: Harbury War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Crown Street, Harbury, Warwickshire, CV33 9HE

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1432586
Date first listed:: 02-Feb-2016
List Entry Name:: Harbury War Memorial
Location Description:
Statutory Address 1:: Crown Street, Harbury, Warwickshire, CV33 9HE

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Crown Street, Harbury, Warwickshire, CV33 9HE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Warwickshire
District:: Stratford-on-Avon (District Authority)
Parish:: Harbury
National Grid Reference:: SP3750059997

Summary

First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Harbury War Memorial, which stands on Crown Street, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this local community, and the sacrifice it has made in the conflicts of the C20; * Architectural interest: a plain yet imposing wheel-head cross memorial; * Group value: with the Grade II-listed Church of All Saints and a number of surrounding buildings listed at Grade II, including Church House and The Crown Inn.

History

Harbury War Memorial was originally located in the road at the junction of Crown Street and Dovehouse Lane, Harbury, and surrounded by low railings. The mason was C Pullin of Leamington Spa, who also created the nearby war memorial at Ufton. The memorial, which was paid for by public subscription, was unveiled in September 1920 by Captain G Osborne at a dedicatory service conducted by the Reverend JE Beardsworth. At the unveiling the guardianship passed from the war memorial committee to Harbury Parish Council. The names of those who fell in the Second World War were added to the memorial after 1946 and were paid for by public subscription. In the late 1960s the memorial was moved a short distance to its present location.

Details

The memorial stands on a grass verge adjacent to the churchyard wall in Crown Street. It comprises a granite wheel-head cross set on a square, tapered, plinth. That stands on a base of three rectangular steps, the upper two of which are granite. The whole stands on a rectangular concrete slab. The memorial is approximately 3m in height.

The eastern face of the plinth bears a bronze plaque with the inscription SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO MADE/ THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1919./ (33 NAMES). On the northern face of the plinth a bronze plaque bears the inscription IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ (10 NAMES). The eastern riser of the top step carries an inscription of painted metal letters that reads “MAKE THEM TO BE NUMBERED WITH THY/ SAINTS IN GLORY EVERLASTING.” The northern riser of the top step carries an inscription of painted metal letters reading THEY ARE NOT DEAD BUT SLEEPING, AND/ THEIR NOBLE DEEDS WILL LIVE FOREVER.

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, 17 January 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 17 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/208523
War Memorials Register, accessed 03/10/2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/19284
Other
"Harbury", Royal Leamington Spa Courier and Warwickshire Standard, 10 September 1920, p8

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.