Shepherdswell War Memorial

The Green, Shepherdswell, Kent, CT15 7LQ

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Overview

First World War memorial, 1923, 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:: 1432776
Date first listed:: 17-Feb-2016
List Entry Name:: Shepherdswell War Memorial
Statutory Address:: The Green, Shepherdswell, Kent, CT15 7LQ

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1432776
Date first listed:: 17-Feb-2016
List Entry Name:: Shepherdswell War Memorial
Location Description:
Statutory Address 1:: The Green, Shepherdswell, Kent, CT15 7LQ

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:: The Green, Shepherdswell, Kent, CT15 7LQ

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

County:: Kent
District:: Dover (District Authority)
Parish:: Shepherdswell with Coldred
National Grid Reference:: TR2618047791

Summary

First World War memorial, 1923, with later additions for the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Shepherdswell War Memorial, which stands on The Green, 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 modest yet dignified memorial cross in the Celtic style; * Group value: with the Church of St Andrew and a number of other Grade II-listed buildings around The Green including The Bell Inn.

History

Some 141 men and five women from Shepherdswell served during the First World War, of whom 20 men died. A memorial tablet recording the names of the fallen was unveiled in the parish church on 27 July 1919, and on 11 November 1923 the complimentary memorial cross on the green was unveiled at a very well attended ecumenical service.

Paid for by local subscription, the cross was unveiled by Colonel-Commandant N J G Cameron of the Dover Garrison and dedicated by the vicar, Reverend C Compton. Colonel-Commandant Cameron asked the congregation “to look upon the Memorial not only as a reminder of war and sacrifice, but also of the part Shepherdswell played in the national involvement.” An additional tablet commemorating the 14 fallen of the Second World War, fixed to the base of the memorial, was unveiled at a similar service on 1 August 1948 by Colonel C M Stephen CMG, President of the British Legion.

Details

Shepherdswell War Memorial stands at the north-western corner of The Green, making a focal point at the summit of Church Hill. To the south-east, the Church of St Andrew (Grade II-listed) forms the backdrop to the memorial and a number of other listed buildings stand close by around The Green.

The memorial comprises a granite wheel-head cross in the Celtic style. A reversed sword carved in relief decorates the front face of the cross, below which, carved and painted black, are the dates 1914/ 1918. The cross shaft rises from a square, tapering, pedestal. On the front face of the pedestal, the principal inscription reads IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF SHEPHERDSWELL/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ (20 NAMES). The granite pedestal stands on a concrete base. A tablet fixed to the front of the base bears the Second World War inscription 1939 – 1945/ (14 NAMES).

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 30 November 2016.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 30 November 2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/132062
War Memorials Register, accessed 30 November 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/1580
Other
Higgs, R. (n.d.) Shepherdswell: Our Village in the World Wars of the 20th Century.

Legal

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