Alvediston War Memorial
The Street, Alvediston, Wiltshire, SP5 5JY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1433758
- Date first listed:
- 22-Mar-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Alvediston War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- The Street, Alvediston, Wiltshire, SP5 5JY
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1433758
- Date first listed:
- 22-Mar-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Alvediston War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- The Street, Alvediston, Wiltshire, SP5 5JY
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:
- The Street, Alvediston, Wiltshire, SP5 5JY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Alvediston
- National Grid Reference:
- ST9768123449
Summary
First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Alvediston War Memorial, located on The Street, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: a well-executed limestone cross;
* Group value: with the adjacent Grade II-listed Cross Cottage.
History
The memorial, sited on the roadside along The Street, was carved by Gething and Co of Chilmark and was dedicated in 1920. It commemorates those local servicemen who served during the First World War. In 2013 the memorial was repaired and cleaned, and names of those who died in the Second World War were added in the same style and font as the earlier inscription. The memorial was re-dedicated in 2014.
Details
DESCRIPTION: the c4m high war memorial stands within a small enclosure defined by a yew hedge, on the roadside behind a low iron fence. The memorial itself comprises a wheel-head cross of Chilmark stone set on a square plinth and a two-stepped base. The plinth is inscribed IN MEMORY/ OF/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919 with, on the front face of the step below SERVED/ (7 NAMES). The names of those three men who fell during the Second World War are inscribed upon the front face of the cross-shaft itself.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: two timber posts in the verge protect the memorial from the road. These are not of special interest.
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 December 2016.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Trust, Grants Showcase - Alvesdiston, accessed 9 February 2016 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=994
Western Front Association, Wessex Branch, accessed 23 February 2016 from http://www.wessexwfa.org.uk/war-memorials/alvediston.htm
War Memorials Online, accessed 16 December 2015 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/133693
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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