Barton St David War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1433849
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jun-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Barton St David War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1433849
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jun-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Barton St David War Memorial
- Location Description:
- Broadclose Way, Barton St David, South Somerset, Somerset
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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Barton St. David
- National Grid Reference:
- ST5420231772
Summary
First World War memorial of 1920s date, with later additions for the Second World War, set within a garden of remembrance.
Reasons for Designation
The war memorial at Barton St David, Somerset 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 has made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: a well-crafted obelisk in dressed stone;
* Intactness: the structure is unaltered.
History
The war memorial to members of Barton St David Parish who served in the First World War was erected in the 1920s. It is shown on the Ordnance Survey Map of 1930. The memorial was later updated with a tribute to those who served in the Second World War.
Details
First World War memorial obelisk of 1920s date, with later additions for the Second World War, set within a garden of remembrance.
MATERIALS: constructed of stone.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial is an obelisk, square on plan, with a tapering shaft mounted on a tall tapering plinth with moulded panels and a shallow base. The top of the front face of the shaft has a wreath emblem and LEST WE/ FORGET in relief. The plinth front face is inscribed: IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ (Names)/ 1939 (Name) 1945. The left and right faces are inscribed: ROLL OF HONOUR/ (Names). It stands within a paved garden of remembrance with a rubble stone front wall with iron gate, and an iron railed fence to the rear.
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, 15 December 2016.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 26/02/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/60447
War Memorials Online, accessed 15/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/210818
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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