Cound War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1433086
- Date first listed:
- 25-Feb-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Cound War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1433086
- Date first listed:
- 25-Feb-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Cound War Memorial
- Location Description:
- Cound Village (Shropshire) on the corner of the turning to Harnage.
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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Cound
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ5555205193
Summary
A village war memorial, unveiled in 1920 and designed by George Jack and sculpted by Lawrence A Turner.
Reasons for Designation
Cound War Memorial, Cound, Shropshire 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 sacrifices it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: as an accomplished and well-realised war memorial, sculpted by Lawrence Turner and designed by the noted Arts and Crafts designer George Jack, which takes the form of a Calvary above a tomb chest.
History
The Cound memorial was built on land donated by Mr A McCorquodale of Cound Hall. The memorial was designed by George Jack and the sculptor was Lawrence A Turner. The unveiling took place on 17 October 1920 and was undertaken Lt Col J V Ramsden. Following the Second World War a further name was added. In 2014 Cound Parish Council received a grant from War Memorial Trust to clean, re-point and re-cut all the inscriptions on the stone work, including a Doff clean, high pressure steam and re-pointing with a mortar match in colour and texture. Letters were re-cut with the original font and size.
Details
A village war memorial, unveiled in 1920 and altered in 1945, which was designed by George Jack and sculpted by Lawrence A Turner.
MATERIALS and PLAN: the monument is of limestone. It is placed on a triangular corner site at a T-junction and has a Calvary to the top of a column which rises from a plinth which takes the form of a tomb chest with gabled roof, raised on a platform of four steps.
DETAILS: the north face has a carved Calvary with the slumped body of Christ on the cross and set below a gabled head. It is supported by a tapered octagonal column which dies, by broach stops, to a square base. This in turn springs from the roof of a tomb chest or shrine which has a gabled roof with gently-arched slopes . The gabled ends are inscribed with the lettering ‘1914’ and ‘1919’ to the east and west sides. The sloping upper surfaces of the shrine are inscribed with the names of the fallen. The top step of the plinth is inscribed with the words ‘THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY’. On the step below a single name is flanked by the dates ‘1939’ and ‘1945’.
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, 19 January 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 19 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/13916
War Memorials Online, accessed 19 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/140366
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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