Probus War Memorial
Churchyard, Parish Church of St Probus and St Grace, The Square, Probus, Truro, TR2 4JW
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1435654
- Date first listed:
- 10-Aug-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Probus War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Churchyard, Parish Church of St Probus and St Grace, The Square, Probus, Truro, TR2 4JW
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1435654
- Date first listed:
- 10-Aug-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Probus War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Churchyard, Parish Church of St Probus and St Grace, The Square, Probus, Truro, TR2 4JW
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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:
- Churchyard, Parish Church of St Probus and St Grace, The Square, Probus, Truro, TR2 4JW
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Probus
- National Grid Reference:
- SW8989147771
Summary
A war memorial cross of 1921.
Reasons for Designation
The war memorial at Probus, Cornwall is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impacts of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it made during the First World War;
* Architectural interest: a well-crafted lantern cross with quality detailing;
* Intactness: the structure is unaltered;
* Group value: within the historic setting of the Parish Church of St Probus (listed Grade I).
History
The war memorial to the men of Probus who died in the First World War was unveiled on Saturday 2 April 1921. Funds for the memorial had been raised by the local community and the design is locally attributed to Reverend Canon Henry Holroyd Mills, then President of the Royal Institution of Cornwall. The names of the fallen in the Second World War were added to the memorial at a later date.
The memorial was positioned inside the church gates, close to a carved stone shrine of 1918 date, which is fixed to the wall of the neighbouring Church Cottage as an earlier commemoration to the fallen in the First World War. The names are no longer intact on the shrine.
Details
A war memorial cross of 1921 by Canon Holroyd Mills.
MATERIALS: constructed of granite stone with a sandstone lantern at the apex.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial is a freestanding lantern cross on an octagonal two-stepped base and plinth. The tapering octagonal shaft has a lantern cross with calvary and decorative mouldings. The faces of the lantern have carved depictions of St George, St Probus, St Grace and Christ on the Cross. The steps and base have engraved slate plaques with inscriptions. The north face: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ & IN MEMORY/ OF BRAVE LIVES GIVEN FOR OTHERS/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ LET THOSE THAT COME/ AFTER SEE TO IT THAT THESE/ NAMES ARE NOT FORGOTTEN/ ALSO IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1939 – 1945.The other faces are inscribed with names of the fallen.
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, 13 December 2016.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 13/12/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/9332
War Memorials Online, accessed 13/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/230643
Other
Probus War Memorial, Western Morning News, Monday 04 April 1921
West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 8 January 1920
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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