Woolmer Green War Memorial
St Michael's and All Angels Churchyard, Mardlebury Road, Woolmer Green, Herts, SG3 6LP
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1433528
- Date first listed:
- 22-Mar-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Woolmer Green War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- St Michael's and All Angels Churchyard, Mardlebury Road, Woolmer Green, Herts, SG3 6LP
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1433528
- Date first listed:
- 22-Mar-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Woolmer Green War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- St Michael's and All Angels Churchyard, Mardlebury Road, Woolmer Green, Herts, SG3 6LP
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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:
- St Michael's and All Angels Churchyard, Mardlebury Road, Woolmer Green, Herts, SG3 6LP
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- Welwyn Hatfield (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Woolmer Green
- National Grid Reference:
- TL2543518465
Summary
First World War Memorial with later addiitons for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Woolmer Green War Memorial, unveiled in September 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 community, and the sacrifices it has made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Design interest: it is a simple and elegant design by the reputable architectural sculptor, Laurence A. Turner.
* Group value: with the church of St Michael’s and All Angels, which is listed at Grade II.
History
At the end of the First World War, Woolmer Green was still a part of Welwyn Parish, but the community decided that rather than joining with the whole parish in a common memorial to those who had died in the war, they would erect one of their own. A list of subscribers records that £119 was raised, and the cross was unveiled by Colonel Sir Charles Longmore KBC at a dedication ceremony held on 26 September 1920. The site eventually chosen for the memorial was the churchyard of St Michael’s and All Angels (Grade II), to the north of the church, originally identified as a suitable place for a village cross for its visibility to travellers. The architectural sculptor and carver commissioned to carry out the work, Laurence A Turner, was a designer and craftsman who also worked on designs by other artists and architects, including R Weir Schultz, the architect of the church of St Michael’s and All Angels, built between 1899 and 1900.
Details
The war memorial in the churchyard of St Michael’s and All Angels, Woolmer Green, was designed by Laurence A Turner (1882 – 1943): architectural sculptor, carver, modeller and architect.
It is made from Bramley Fall Stone and takes the form of a Latin Cross on a tall, round, tapering column with an octagonal base. This stands on a square plinth which is placed at the centre of a three stepped base. The plinth has recessed plaques on each side, three of which record the 11 names of those who died in the First World War. On the fourth is an inscription: IN PROUD MEMORY OF THE GALLANT MEN FROM THIS VILLAGE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919. Below this, on the face of the top step are the dates 1939-1945, with the names of those who died in the Second World War inscribed on a long plaque attached to the face of the next step down.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 15th Feb 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/3771
Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, accessed 15th Feb 2016 from http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1208266553
War Memorials Online, accessed 12 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/145535
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 column on a square plinth standing on a three stepped base) are not to be treated as part of the listed building for the purposes of the Act.
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