Deeping St Nicholas war memorial
Churchyard to St Nicholas Church, Littleworth Drove, Deeping St Nicholas, Lincolnshire, PE11 3ET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1433267
- Date first listed:
- 22-Mar-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Deeping St Nicholas war memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Churchyard to St Nicholas Church, Littleworth Drove, Deeping St Nicholas, Lincolnshire, PE11 3ET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1433267
- Date first listed:
- 22-Mar-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Deeping St Nicholas war memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Churchyard to St Nicholas Church, Littleworth Drove, Deeping St Nicholas, Lincolnshire, PE11 3ET
- Statutory Address 2:
- St Nicholas Church, Littleworth Drove, Deeping St Nicholas, Lincolnshire, PE11 3ET
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:
- Churchyard to St Nicholas Church, Littleworth Drove, Deeping St Nicholas, Lincolnshire, PE11 3ET
- Statutory Address:
- St Nicholas Church, Littleworth Drove, Deeping St Nicholas, Lincolnshire, PE11 3ET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lincolnshire
- District:
- South Holland (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Deeping St. Nicholas
- National Grid Reference:
- TF2165416178
Summary
First World War Memorial, 1921, with later additions.
Reasons for Designation
Deeping St Nicholas War Memorial, unveiled in 1921, 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 interest: its position, well-proportioned design and imposing height make it a striking presence on the approach to the church;
* Group value: with the church of St Nicholas, which is listed at Grade II.
History
An unveiling and dedication service for Deeping St Nicholas War Memorial took place in the churchyard of St Nicholas Church on 31 March 1921. The service was conducted by the vicar, the Revd William Benson and the memorial was unveiled by Mr William Porter, a local farmer and landowner. The number of names recorded of those soldiers who died in the First World War is 31, with 4 added for the Second World War, and one for the Korean War of 1950-1953.
Details
The war memorial is set in the churchyard of the church of St Nicholas (Grade II), to the south-west of the path as it approaches the north door. Constructed of Portland stone, it consists of a rectangular sectioned tapering shaft rising from a two tier plinth on a three stepped pedestal standing on a square base. The shaft is surmounted by a wheel cross, and on the side of the shaft facing the church is a three quarter length relief carving of St George with a crusaders sword. At the base of the shaft on this side the following text is inscribed: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN THANKFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THESE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. The names of those who died in the First and Second World Wars are inscribed on the faces of the top tier of the plinth; the single name of the casualty of the Korean War is inscribed on the lower tier.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 11th Feb 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/42990
Roll of Honour:Lincolnshire, accessed 11th Feb 2016 from http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Lincolnshire/DeepingStNicholas.html
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 tapering shaft rising from a two tier plinth on a three stepped pedestal standing on a square base) are not to be treated as part of the listed building for the purposes of the Act.
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