Kimbolton War Memorial

High Street, Kimbolton, PE28 0HN

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

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1433980
Date first listed:: 07-Jun-2016
List Entry Name:: Kimbolton War Memorial
Statutory Address:: High Street, Kimbolton, PE28 0HN

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1433980
Date first listed:: 07-Jun-2016
List Entry Name:: Kimbolton War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: High Street, Kimbolton, PE28 0HN

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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Location

Statutory Address:: High Street, Kimbolton, PE28 0HN

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

County:: Cambridgeshire
District:: Huntingdonshire (District Authority)
Parish:: Kimbolton
National Grid Reference:: TL0990867820

Summary

First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Kimbolton War Memorial, standing just outside the churchyard of the church of St Andrew, is listed at Grade II for the following 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 memorial stone cross; * Group value: with the church of St Andrew (Grade I).

History

On 31 January 1919 a committee was created to determine the wishes of the Kimbolton community for commemoration of the fallen from the First World War. The committee decided on a memorial cross design by Inskip Ladds ARIBA, a well-known local architect. It was built at a cost of £180, which was raised by public subscription, and unveiled on 20 January 1920 by the Bishop of Ely.

In 2016 a project was undertaken to clean and repoint the war memorial, with funding from War Memorials Trust.

Details

First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.

DESCRIPTION: Kimbolton War Memorial is located on the High Street, just outside of the churchyard of the church of St Andrew (Grade I). The memorial consists of a stone cross on a large plinth of Ketton limestone above a step. There are two incised stone tablets, one on the south face and one on the east, and the inscriptions are painted black. The tablet on the south face reads: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ FOR FREEDOM AND RIGHT. 1914-1919 (29 NAMES). The tablet on the east face reads: 1939-1945 (5 NAMES).

The memorial is enclosed by a low brick wall and timber fence.

Sources

Books and journals
Stratford, J, 'The Kimbolton War Memorial' in Kimbolton Local History , , Vol. 18, (Autumn 2014), 2-14
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 1 March 2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/191884
War Memorials Register, accessed 1 March 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/313

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.