Keyhaven War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1434481
- Date first listed:
- 20-Jun-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Keyhaven War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1434481
- Date first listed:
- 20-Jun-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Keyhaven War Memorial
- Location Description:
- War Memorial at SZ3038291597, Keyhaven Road, Keyhaven, Lymington SO41 0TL
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.
- County:
- Hampshire
- District:
- New Forest (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Milford-on-Sea
- National Park:
- New Forest
- National Grid Reference:
- SZ3038291597
Summary
First World War memorial, 1919, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
The Keyhaven War Memorial of 1919, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as a poignant reminder of the tragic impact that the First and Second World Wars had on the small community;
* Design interest: a simple structure using modest materials, reflecting the Christian values and limited funds of the fishing hamlet.
History
The great wave of memorial building in the years following the First World War honoured the many thousands of troops lost, marking the great impact of the international conflict at a local level. Memorials provided a focal point for grieving communities, whose dead were often not repatriated.
The Keyhaven memorial is an example from a very small community, and features the names of just five men, all of whom were killed in action. It was dedicated in 1919. Following the Second World War a second plaque was instated, naming the single local man lost in that conflict.
In 1989 the memorial was renovated, and the paving and chain fence were added.
Details
First World War memorial, 1919, with later additions for the Second World War.
MATERIALS: a timber cross mounted on a painted stone base.
DESCRIPTION: a stepped octagonal base with a tapered square pedestal, and a timber cross with a small Corpus Christi. A pitched roof of timber board shelters the crucifix. On the pedestal is a metal plaque, inscribed ‘1914 – 1918’ followed by the names of the five local men who served and died, followed by ‘IN PEACE’. Below, a smaller plaque is inscribed with a single name, followed by ‘1939 – 1945’.
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, 6 December 2016.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 17/03/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/21499
War Memorials Online, accessed 06/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/231017
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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