Naseby War Memorial
Junction of School Lane with Church Street, Church Street, Naseby, Daventry, Northamptonshire, NN6 6DA
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1435183
- Date first listed:
- 24-May-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Naseby War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Junction of School Lane with Church Street, Church Street, Naseby, Daventry, Northamptonshire, NN6 6DA
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1435183
- Date first listed:
- 24-May-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Naseby War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Junction of School Lane with Church Street, Church Street, Naseby, Daventry, Northamptonshire, NN6 6DA
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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:
- Junction of School Lane with Church Street, Church Street, Naseby, Daventry, Northamptonshire, NN6 6DA
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- West Northamptonshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Naseby
- National Grid Reference:
- SP6880878007
Summary
First World War memorial, 1921, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Naseby War Memorial, which stands at the junction of Church Street and School Lane, 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;
* Sculptural interest: a well-modelled lion.
History
Church and chapel divisions caused the parish war memorial to be sited outside the churchyard rather than within, and to be topped with a lion rather than a cross.
The memorial was designed and made by JG Pullen and Sons Monumental stone masons at a cost of £255. The war memorial was dedicated on 6 March 1921 and the unveiling ceremony was led by General Lord Horne, accompanied by his wife Lady Horne. The memorial is dedicated to the 11 local men who died during the First World War, with two names from the Second World War added at a later date. In 2014 a project was undertaken to clean and repair the war memorial with the help of grant aid from War Memorials Trust.
The firm of JG Pullen and Sons, monumental masons and builders, was responsible for a number of war memorials of different types including Kenley Memorial Hall, Croydon and several plaques and tablets. Their numerous freestanding memorials include those at Whittlebury, Nether Heyford and Crick (all Grade II-listed).
Details
MATERIALS: Hornton stone.
DESCRIPTION: Naseby War Memorial is located on the junction of Church Street and School Lane. It consists of a rectangular Hornton Stone plinth with a sculpture of a lion in repose on top. The memorial is dedicated to the fallen of the First and Second World Wars and the inscriptions are incised on the plinth.
The principal dedicatory inscription reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE NASEBY MEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919/ (11 NAMES)/ DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY/ AND TO THOSE WHO FELL IN THE SECOND GREAT WAR 1939 – 1945 / (2 NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.
The plinth is surrounded by a rectangular stone kerb.
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 01/11/2016
Sources
Books and journals
Westaway, M, Naseby Lion: Naseby's Soldiers and their Village Remembered, (2014)
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 18/04/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/14994
War Memorials Online, accessed 16 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/155451
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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