Kelling War Memorial
Junction of the A149 and The Street, Kelling, Norfolk, NR25 7EL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1433008
- Date first listed:
- 08-Mar-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Kelling War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Junction of the A149 and The Street, Kelling, Norfolk, NR25 7EL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1433008
- Date first listed:
- 08-Mar-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Kelling War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Junction of the A149 and The Street, Kelling, Norfolk, NR25 7EL
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:
- Junction of the A149 and The Street, Kelling, Norfolk, NR25 7EL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- North Norfolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Kelling
- National Grid Reference:
- TG0938242879
Summary
First World War memorial, c.1920, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Kelling War Memorial, on a small green where The Street meets the A149, 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 short but carefully designed stone cross.
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 Kelling, in c. 1920, 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 for the Second World War.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial cross, c. 4 m high, stands on a small green where The Street meets the A149. The stone cross has a small foliate head rising from a crown, set on top of a tapering octagonal shaft. That rises from a fairly small square plinth, which itself is set on a five-sided base of two main stages, the lower stepped out as a shelf for wreaths. The plinth is inscribed TO / KEEP IN REMEMBRANCE / THE MEN OF KELLING / WHO FELL / IN THE WARS OF/ 1914-1918 / AND / 1939–1945. The names of those who fell appear on the other three sides. On the upper stage of the base is inscribed THEIR NAME LIVETH.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 27 January 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/20099
War Memorials Online, accessed 23 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/231094
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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