Evington War Memorial

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1433270
Date first listed:: 22-Mar-2016
List Entry Name:: Evington War Memorial

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1433270
Date first listed:: 22-Mar-2016
List Entry Name:: Evington War Memorial
Location Description:: Junction of Main Street and Church Road, Evington, Leicester, LE5 6DN

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

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District:: City of Leicester (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: SK6282303025

Summary

Reasons for Designation

Evington War Memorial, dedicated in 1920, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this local community, and the sacrifice it has made in the conflicts of the C20; * Architectural interest: as an accomplished and well-executed memorial which takes the form of a column, orb and metal cross; * Group value: with the Grade II listed Evington Baptist Chapel.

History

Evington War Memorial at the junction of Main Street and Church Street was constructed in 1920 to commemorate the men of Evington who gave their lives during the First World War. Local businessman J E Faire, Esq, of Evington Hall donated land, for the memorial, within Kings Orchard as a thanksgiving to God for victory and peace. The memorial was designed by Stockdale Harrison and Sons Ltd, built by William Moss and Sons and engraved by The Plasmatic Co at a total cost of £350. The memorial was unveiled and dedicated on 25 July 1920 in the presence of local clergy and dignitaries. A second dedicatory inscription to commemorate the local men who died during the Second World War was added after 1945.

The memorial received a Leicester City Council Central Grant for cleaning and restoration work, which was completed in 2014. This included the relaying of the paving around the memorial and a new disabled access path. Since then a special memorial bench has also been installed to the rear.

Details

First World War memorial by Stockdale Harrison and Sons Ltd, built by William Moss and Sons and engraved by The Plasmatic Co. unveiled and dedicated on 25 July 1920. Second World War additions after 1945.

The memorial is situated on a slightly elevated paved terrace within an open circular clearing at the junction between Main Street and Church Road, approached from the front by a series of steps. It comprises a square-plan, five-stepped base, surmounted by a square pedestal, a column with an orb and a small metal cross on it. Approximately a third of the way up the column is a blank oval crest framed by laurel leaves depicted in relief. Three slate tablets set into the pedestal are inscribed.

The inscription on the front face of the plinth reads THE LAND UPON WHICH/THIS MEMORIAL STANDS/KNOWN BY THE/ NAME OF/KINGS ORCHARD/ WAS GIVEN TO EVINGTON/ BY/JOHN EDWARD/FAIRE ESQ.J.P./OF EVINGTON HALL/ AS A THANKSGIVING TO/GOD FOR VICTORY AND/ PEACE. AUGUST 23rd 1919. On the rear face the inscription reads IN THANKFULNESS TO ALMIGHTY GOD/ THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY/ THE PARISHIONERS OF EVINGTON/ AND IN UNDYING MEMORY OF (NAMES)/ MEN OF EVINGTON WHO GAVE/THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/1914-1918.

The other two faces are inscribed with the dates 1939-1945 followed by lists of names of those men from Evington who died during the Second World War.

The memorial is situated approximately 85m to the north-east of Evington Baptist Chapel which is listed at Grade II.

Sources

Websites
Evington Echo newsletter, accessed 3rd February 2016 from http://www.evingtonecho.co.uk/war-memorial/
War Memorials Online, accessed 3 February 2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/86663
War Memorials Register, accessed 3 February 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/37775

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(s) is/are 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-plan, five-stepped base, surmounted by a square pedestal) are not to be treated as part of the listed building for the purposes of the Act.