Brancepeth War Memorial
St Brandon's Church, Brancepeth, County Durham, DH7 8DF
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1433731
- Date first listed:
- 15-Apr-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Brancepeth War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- St Brandon's Church, Brancepeth, County Durham, DH7 8DF
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1433731
- Date first listed:
- 15-Apr-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Brancepeth War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- St Brandon's Church, Brancepeth, County Durham, DH7 8DF
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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 Brandon's Church, Brancepeth, County Durham, DH7 8DF
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County Durham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Brancepeth
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ2246237707
Summary
First World War memorial, 1921, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Brancepeth War Memorial, which stands in the churchyard of the Church of St Brandon, 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: an elegant memorial cross in the medieval style;
* Group value: with the Church of St Brandon (Grade I-listed), the park of Brancepeth Castle (Grade II-registered) and a number of other listed structures.
History
Brancepeth War Memorial was unveiled on 2 June 1921 by Lt-Col Hugh Bowes RD DL and dedicated by the Venerable PA Derry, Archdeacon of Auckland, in commemoration of 16 local servicemen who died during the First World War. The stone for the memorial, and the stonemasons' labour, had been donated by Viscount Boyne of Brancepeth Castle and the remaining costs of £148 12s 8d were raised by public subscription in the estate village. The cross was designed by WH Wood of Newcastle. Following the Second World War the details of one soldier who died in that conflict were added to the memorial.
Details
The memorial stands in the churchyard of the Church of St Brandon (Grade I-listed), within the Grade II-registered park of Brancepeth Castle. Built in Heworth stone and c6m tall, it comprises a cross fleury with a moulded foot rising from a tapering, octagonal, shaft. There is a shield carved at the cross arms bearing the monogram IHS. The cross shaft stands on a small pedestal with broach stops to the corners and a stepped, tapering, foot. That stands on a three-stepped, square, base.
The principal dedicatory inscription on the front face of the pedestal reads THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ 1939 – 1945. The commemorated names are incised on the remaining three 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, 7 February 2017.
Sources
Websites
North East War Memorials Project - Brancepeth, accessed 22/02/2016 from http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6474
War Memorials Register, accessed 7 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/41861
War Memorials Online, accessed 7 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/231053
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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