Little Gransden War Memorial

Churchyard of the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Little Gransden, Cambridgeshire

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First World War memorial, unveiled c 1920, with Second World War additions. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1433607
Date first listed:: 05-Apr-2016
List Entry Name:: Little Gransden War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Churchyard of the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Little Gransden, Cambridgeshire

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1433607
Date first listed:: 05-Apr-2016
List Entry Name:: Little Gransden War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Churchyard of the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Little Gransden, Cambridgeshire

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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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Churchyard of the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Little Gransden, Cambridgeshire

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Cambridgeshire
District:: South Cambridgeshire (District Authority)
Parish:: Little Gransden
National Grid Reference:: TL2707555206

Summary

First World War memorial, unveiled c 1920, with Second World War additions.

Reasons for Designation

Little Gransden war memorial, unveiled c 1920, 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 Celtic wheel-head cross;

* Group value: with the Church of St Peter and St Paul (listed Grade II*), the base of a medieval churchyard cross (listed Grade II), the Old Rectory (listed Grade II), and Nos. 14 to 22 (even) Church Street, (all listed Grade II). It also makes a significant contribution to the character and appearance of the Little Gransden Conservation Area.

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 c 1920 in the churchyard of the Church of St Peter and St Paul to commemorate the five local men who died during the conflict.

Details

First World War memorial, unveiled c 1920, with Second World War additions.

MATERIALS: of stone.

PLAN: it is rectangular on plan.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands at the entrance to the churchyard of the Church of St Peter and St Paul, c 28m to the north-west of the north porch. It comprises a single-step base, a trapezoidal plinth and a shaft which tapers in rectangular section to a Celtic wheel-head cross with interlace ornament. The north-west face of the plinth bears the First World War dedication and is inscribed 'REMEMBER BEFORE GOD OUR / MEN WHO HAVE LAID DOWN THEIR / LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918'. Below are the names of the five men who died. On the plinth's south-west face is the Second World War dedication that reads '1939 - 1945' with the names of the two men who died inscribed below.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 16 January 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 16 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/135116
War Memorials Register, accessed 17 February 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/66416

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 single-step base, trapezoidal plinth and shaft with a Celtic wheel-head cross) are not to be treated as part of the listed building for the purposes of the Act.