Earls Barton War Memorial
The Square, Earls Barton, Northamptonshire, NN6 0NA
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1433007
- Date first listed:
- 08-Mar-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Earls Barton War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- The Square, Earls Barton, Northamptonshire, NN6 0NA
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1433007
- Date first listed:
- 08-Mar-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Earls Barton War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- The Square, Earls Barton, Northamptonshire, NN6 0NA
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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:
- The Square, Earls Barton, Northamptonshire, NN6 0NA
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Northamptonshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Earls Barton
- National Grid Reference:
- SP8520563762
Summary
First World War memorial, c. 1920, with later additions.
Reasons for Designation
Earls Barton War Memorial, on the green alongside All Saints’ church, is listed at Grade II for the following 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;
* Design: a well-executed, elaborate, stone cross;
* Group value: with the Grade I listed church of All Saints and other listed structures around The Square.
History
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. One such memorial was raised at Earls Barton as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community, who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars.
Details
First World War memorial, c. 1920, with later additions.
DESCRIPTION: the war memorial comprises an elaborate stone cross, with a foliate head inset with an inverted bronze sword set upon an octagonal shaft set with four bronze shields at its base. The shaft itself rises from an octagonal, multi-faceted, plinth. That stands on an octagonal base. Bronze tablets are set around the plinth. One carries the inscription THIS MEMORIAL HAS BEEN RAISED/ BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE/ MEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO/ FOUGHT AND FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR FOR FREEDOM/ AND RIGHT 1914 – 1918/ + ‘THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE/AND THESE STONES SHALL BE/ FOR A MEMORIAL FOR EVER’. Other tablets carry the names of the fallen, with a separate tablet recording the names of those who fell 1939-45.
The memorial stands within an original expansive, angled, railed enclosure. The modern brick paving within, and the asphalt around the memorial, is not of special interest and is excluded from the listing.
Pursuant to s1 (5) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’) it is declared that the brick and asphalt surfacing around the memorial is not of special architectural or historic interest.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 27 January 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/15020
War Memorials Online, accessed 27 January 2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/213955
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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