Wicklewood War Memorial
St Andrews & All Saints Church, 37 Church Lane, Wicklewood, Norfolk, NR18 9QH
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1435175
- Date first listed:
- 20-Jul-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Wicklewood War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- St Andrews & All Saints Church, 37 Church Lane, Wicklewood, Norfolk, NR18 9QH
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1435175
- Date first listed:
- 20-Jul-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Wicklewood War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- St Andrews & All Saints Church, 37 Church Lane, Wicklewood, Norfolk, NR18 9QH
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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:
- St Andrews & All Saints Church, 37 Church Lane, Wicklewood, Norfolk, NR18 9QH
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- South Norfolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Wicklewood
- National Grid Reference:
- TG0697902326
Summary
First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Wicklewood War Memorial, which stands in the churchyard of the Church of All Saints, 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 conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: a richly ornamented Celtic cross;
* Group value: with the Church of All Saints (Grade I-listed).
History
Wicklewood War Memorial was unveiled and dedicated on 2 August 1920. The ceremony was performed by Reverend Canon Upcher, Rural Dean. The memorial commemorates those ten men from Wicklewood who fell in the First World War. After the Second World War the names of a further four who fell in that conflict were added. In 2014 conservation work was undertaken to improve the legibility of the inscriptions.
Details
MATERIALS: Portland stone.
DESCRIPTION: The memorial cross stands by the south door of the Church of All Saints (Grade I-listed). It consists of a Portland stone Celtic cross with decorative knot work carved on the cross head and shaft. The cross rises from a tapering plinth, rectangular on plan, which in turn is raised on a rectangular base and low step.
The names of 10 men who fell in the First World War are incised on the front face of the plinth. The principal dedicatory inscription reads WICKLEWOOD WAR MEMORIAL/ 1914 – 1918/ REMEMBER BEFORE GOD THESE FALLEN/ IN THE GREAT WAR. On the west face of the memorial is the further dedication ALSO REMEMBER THOSE/ FALLEN IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945/ (4 NAMES).
The base is surrounded by a square stone kerb with four corner posts, enclosing a bed of stone chippings.
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, 23 January 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 18/04/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/20172
War Memorials Trust, Grants Showcase - Wicklewood, accessed 18/04/2016 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=1234
War Memorials Online, accessed 23 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/137359
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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