Brean War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1434678
- Date first listed:
- 06-May-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Brean War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1434678
- Date first listed:
- 06-May-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Brean War Memorial
- Location Description:
- Churchyard of St Bridget's Church, Brean, Sedgemoor, 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:
- Brean
- National Grid Reference:
- ST2966555944
Summary
A war memorial erected c.1920 to commemorate the fallen of the First World War.
Reasons for Designation
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION:
The war memorial in Brean 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 sacrifices it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Design: a neatly composed stone of remembrance, with good quality carving.
History
A war memorial erected c.1920 to commemorate the fallen of the First World War.
Details
A First World War memorial of c.1920.
MATERIALS AND PLAN: The memorial is constructed of stone and is rectangular in plan.
DESCRIPTION: The memorial stands between the lychgate and the Church of St Bridget, and takes the form of a stone of remembrance. It has a carved relief figure of a soldier in First World War uniform, holding a flag in one hand and an olive branch in the other.
There is an inscription with reads, "IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918 (NAMES)/ MEN FROM BREAN/ ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS".
The memorial sits upon a rectangular base of rock-faced stone.
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, 14 December 2016.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 01/05/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/30169
War Memorials Online, accessed 14/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/153866
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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