Longdown War Memorial
Longdown War Memorial, Junction of Chapel Hill and Longdown Road, Longdown, Devon, EX6 7SJ
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1435154
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jun-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Longdown War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Longdown War Memorial, Junction of Chapel Hill and Longdown Road, Longdown, Devon, EX6 7SJ
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1435154
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jun-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Longdown War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Longdown War Memorial, Junction of Chapel Hill and Longdown Road, Longdown, Devon, EX6 7SJ
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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:
- Longdown War Memorial, Junction of Chapel Hill and Longdown Road, Longdown, Devon, EX6 7SJ
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Teignbridge (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Holcombe Burnell
- National Grid Reference:
- SX8651191109
Summary
First World War memorial of circa 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
The war memorial, Longdown, Devon 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 community, and the sacrifices it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: as an accomplished and well-realised war memorial, which takes the form of a granite cross.
History
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. One such memorial was raised at Longdown as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community, who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars.
In 2006, War Memorials Trust provided a grant for the memorial. The grant was used on a project to clean the stonework, rub down raised lead lettering and re-paint it.
Details
First World War memorial of circa 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.
MATERIALS & PLAN: granite with inset lead lettering. The memorial takes the form of a cross on a tapered shaft with square section, with a stepped base and stepped octagonal plinth.
The monument faces east at a junction at the centre of the village. The cross at the apex has an incised central cross pattern. Below this the tapered shaft has moulded bands to its top and bottom. The square plinth is inscribed with these words: THEIR NAME LIVETH / FOR EVERMORE. / 1914 – 1918. Names of the fallen are inscribed to the flanks of the base. On the upper step of the octagonal plinth is inscribed: 1939 – 1945 and on the step below this is AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN / AND IN THE MORNING / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. The fallen from the Second World War are recorded on the flanks of the upper step of the plinth.
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, 8 December 2016.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Trust Grant Details, accessed 2 June 2016 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=42
War Memorials Register, accessed 08/12/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/25939
War Memorials Online, accessed 08/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/98228
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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