Langtoft War Memorial
Church of St Michael and All Angels, East End, Langtoft, Lincolnshire, PE6 9LP
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1432927
- Date first listed:
- 15-Mar-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Langtoft War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St Michael and All Angels, East End, Langtoft, Lincolnshire, PE6 9LP
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1432927
- Date first listed:
- 15-Mar-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Langtoft War Memorial
- Location Description:
- NGR
TF1235112543 - Statutory Address 1:
- Church of St Michael and All Angels, East End, Langtoft, Lincolnshire, PE6 9LP
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
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St Michael and All Angels, East End, Langtoft, Lincolnshire, PE6 9LP
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lincolnshire
- District:
- South Kesteven (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Langtoft
- National Grid Reference:
- TF1235012532
Summary
First World War memorial with additions for the Second World War commemorating the men from Langtoft who died in those conflicts
Reasons for Designation
Langtoft War Memorial, located in the churchyard of the Church of St Michael and All Angels, 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 sacrifice it has made in the conflicts of the C20.
* Design: its well-proportioned design is plain but imposing, and is strikingly enhanced by the branching sheaf design to the east face of the cross.
History
Langtoft War Memorial was constructed by John Thomas Plowright, a local monumental mason, to commemorate the eight men from Langtoft who died in the First World War. The date it was erected is not recorded. Four names were added after the Second World War; details of all twelve are recorded in the Lincolnshire Roll of Honour.
Details
The war memorial in Langtoft is located within the churchyard of the church of St Michael and All Saints; it is made of stone, and is set to the left of the path from the gate to the south door of the church, standing amongst gravestones at the top of the bank that slopes away from the path. It consists of a cross of rectangular section, on the east face of which is a sheaf of branches which spreads along the arms of the cross, and is tied by a bow below them. Above the sheaf is a medal, also in the form of a cross. The cross shaft rises from a three tier stepped plinth, which stands on a square concrete base surrounded by a chain-link fence with metal stanchions. The chain fencing also flanks the concrete steps that descend from the memorial to the churchyard path.
The plinth carries the forenames and surnames of those who died, and also the inscription: TO THE MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ AND WORLD WAR 1939-1945/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN/ THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS/ LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS JOHN XV 18.
Sources
Books and journals
Credland, M, The First World War memorials of Lincolnshire , (2014), 118
Websites
Licolnshire Roll of Honour, accessed 3rd Feb 2016 from http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Lincolnshire/Langtoft.html
War Memorials Register, accessed 3rd Feb 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/3734
Lincs-to-the-Past, accessed 12th Feb 2016 from http://www.lincstothepast.com/MemorialDetails.aspx?objectid=1580346
War Memorials Online, accessed 23 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/210172
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
The listed building is shown coloured blue on the attached map. Pursuant to s.1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’), structures attached to or within the curtilage of the listed building (save those coloured blue on the map: a square shaft rising from a three tier square plinth, and steps descending from the memorial to the churchyard path) are not to be treated as part of the listed building for the purposes of the Act.
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