Steeple Ashton War Memorial
Junction of High Street and Church Street, Steeple Ashton, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 6EL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1435703
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jul-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Steeple Ashton War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Junction of High Street and Church Street, Steeple Ashton, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 6EL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1435703
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jul-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Steeple Ashton War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Junction of High Street and Church Street, Steeple Ashton, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 6EL
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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:
- Junction of High Street and Church Street, Steeple Ashton, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 6EL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Steeple Ashton
- National Grid Reference:
- ST9064856950
Summary
First World War memorial, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Steeple Ashton War Memorial, which stands at the junction of Church Street and High Street, 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 well-carved and delicately ornamented memorial cross;
* Group value: with numerous Grade II-listed structures around the road junction.
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 Steeple Ashton as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by 27 members of the local community, who lost their lives in the First World War. Following the Second World War the details of six men who fell in that conflict were added.
Details
DESCRIPTION: The tall stone memorial cross is located on the corner of Church Street and High Street, Steeple Ashton. A Latin cross stands at the top of the decorated limestone shaft, rising from the capital of the shaft. The capital is decorated with carved acanthus leaves, and the shaft is decorated with a twisting rope pattern and roses carved in low relief.
The front face of the foot of the cross shaft is inscribed with the dates 1939-1945, with the names of the Fallen of the Second World War on the remaining faces. The shaft stands on a plinth, square on plan, upon which the names of the dead of the First World War are inscribed. The plinth stands on a circular two-stepped base. The principal dedicatory inscription to the front face of the plinth reads 1914 - 1918/ OUR/ VALIANT/ DEAD.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: A stone flower vase inscribed BEST KEPT/ WAR/ MEMORIAL/ 1963 stands on the upper step of the base, to the rear and, to the front, a planter stands on the lower step. The monument stands within a paved area, separated from the footway by a low wall and approached by two steps. These features are not of special interest.
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, 16 December 2016.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 06/05/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/24357
War Memorials Online, accessed 16/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/166022
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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