Croydon War Memorial
Junction of Church Lane, High Street and Croydon Road, Croydon, Cambridgeshire
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1433603
- Date first listed:
- 04-Apr-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Croydon War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Junction of Church Lane, High Street and Croydon Road, Croydon, Cambridgeshire
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1433603
- Date first listed:
- 04-Apr-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Croydon War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Junction of Church Lane, High Street and Croydon Road, Croydon, Cambridgeshire
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 Church Lane, High Street and Croydon Road, Croydon, Cambridgeshire
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Cambridgeshire
- District:
- South Cambridgeshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Croydon
- National Grid Reference:
- TL3162249557
Summary
First World War memorial, unveiled and dedicated in 1922.
Reasons for Designation
Croydon war memorial, unveiled and dedicated in 1922, 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;
* Design interest: as an accomplished and well-realised war memorial which takes the form of a Latin 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 unveiled and dedicated on 14 January 1922 at Croydon in Cambridgeshire. With a population of just under 300, Croydon provided 70 volunteers for service in the Great War. Of these, 16 were killed and 14 wounded. The unveiling ceremony was performed by Professor Seward, Master of Downing College, Cambridge, while the dedicatory prayers were read by Rev Herbert Lloyd, Chaplain to the Forces.
Details
First World War memorial, unveiled and dedicated in 1922.
MATERIALS: of stone.
PLAN: it is square on plan.
DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands on a triangular-shaped area of grass at the junction of Church Lane, High Street and Croydon Road. It takes the form of a Latin cross and comprises a three-step base, a square plinth and a tall shaft which tapers in square section to a moulded knop over which is a Latin cross with fleur-de-lys shaped terminals. The dedicatory inscription on the south-west face of the plinth reads 'TO / THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF / THOSE WHO FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR / FROM THE PARISH OF CROYDON / SONS OF THIS PLACE LET THIS / OF YOU BE SAID, / THAT YOU, WHO LIVE ARE WORTHY / OF YOUR DEAD, / THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES, THAT / YOU WHO LIVE MAY REAP / A RICHER HARVEST ERE YOU FALL / ASLEEP'. The names of the men who died and their respective regiments are listed alphabetically on the plinth's north-west and south-east faces.
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, 16 January 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 17 February 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/912
War Memorials Online, accessed 16 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/230995
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 three-step base, square plinth and a tall shaft with a Latin cross head) are not to be treated as part of the listed building for the purposes of the Act.
Map
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