Cambo War Memorial
Holy Trinity Church, Cambo, Northumberland, NE61 4BB
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1434944
- Date first listed:
- 18-May-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Cambo War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Holy Trinity Church, Cambo, Northumberland, NE61 4BB
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1434944
- Date first listed:
- 18-May-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Cambo War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Holy Trinity Church, Cambo, Northumberland, NE61 4BB
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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:
- Holy Trinity Church, Cambo, Northumberland, NE61 4BB
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Wallington Demesne
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ0265685711
Summary
First World War memorial, 1920.
Reasons for Designation
Cambo War Memorial, which stands in the churchyard of Holy Trinity church, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this local community, and the sacrifice it has made in the First World War;
* Architectural interest: a tall and imposing obelisk in the Classical style;
* Degree of survival: unusually the memorial has not been adapted for Second World War commemoration, and thus retains its original design intent;
* Group value: with Holy Trinity church (Grade II) and other listed structures in the churchyard.
History
Cambo War Memorial was unveiled at a very well attended ceremony on 4 July 1920 by Sir George Trevelyan of Wallington Hall. The ecumenical service was led by the vicar, Reverend CA Fitch. The memorial cost c £167 and commemorates 22 local men who died during the First World War. It was damaged by a falling tree and has been repaired.
Details
The memorial stands on high ground in the southern part of the churchyard of Holy Trinity church (Grade II). It comprises a c5m tall obelisk, square on plan, in grey granite. A wreath, carved in relief, hangs from the obelisk’s tip. The obelisk stands on the shallow cornice of the tapering plinth. The plinth stands on a three-stepped base.
The principal dedicatory inscription on the front face of the plinth reads TO/ THE UNDYING MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN OF CAMBO PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ DURING THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918. The 22 names of those men who died are listed on the remaining three faces. Three names include the year of death (two 1919, the third 1920) of men who died, presumably of the effects of wounds, after the 1918 Armistice.
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 9 February 2017.
Sources
Websites
North East War Memorials Project, accessed 07/04/2016 from http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6816
War Memorials Register, accessed 9 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/33680
War Memorials Online, accessed 9 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/155789
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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