Holt War Memorial, Wiltshire
Ham Green, Bradford Road, Holt, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 6PY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1435709
- Date first listed:
- 13-Jun-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Holt War Memorial, Wiltshire
- Statutory Address:
- Ham Green, Bradford Road, Holt, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 6PY
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1435709
- Date first listed:
- 13-Jun-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Holt War Memorial, Wiltshire
- Statutory Address 1:
- Ham Green, Bradford Road, Holt, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 6PY
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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:
- Ham Green, Bradford Road, Holt, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 6PY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Holt
- National Grid Reference:
- ST8589161662
Summary
First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Holt War Memorial, which stands on Ham Green, 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: an imposing obelisk in the Classical style;
* Group value: with the Bollards With Chains Enclosing Ham Green On All Sides (Grade II) and other Grade II-listed buildings around Ham Green.
History
In April 1919 the Parish Council resolved to raise funds for a war memorial at Holt. Later that year the decision was reached that the memorial would be located on Ham Green. It was unveiled on 4 July 1920 by Lord Methuin, commemorating 32 local servicemen who died during the First World War. Following the Second World War the details of eight men who died in that conflict were added. The railings enclosing the memorial, made by local blacksmith Mr Harry Harding and paid for by public subscription, were added in 1922.
In 2013 the damaged concrete base of the memorial was replaced with Cornish granite, to match the rest of the structure. This was part of the Memorial Restoration Project supported financially by the local authority and War Memorials Trust.
Details
The granite memorial stands within a railed enclosure on Ham Green, to the side of the B3107 between Melksham and Bradford on Avon. Standing c3m tall, it comprises a broad obelisk, square on plan, rising from a tall corniced plinth. The plinth’s two-stage base stands on two steps.
Bronze plaques fixed to the front face of the plinth record the details of the commemorated servicemen. The principal dedicatory inscription reads OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ 1914-1918/ (NAMES). Metal figures fixed to the upper stage of the base read 1939 – 1945 with the Second World War names listed on a bronze plaque below.
The monument enclosure is surfaced with stone chippings. A low stone kerb caries the hooped railings around the enclosure, with a gate to the north-west side.
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
Bradford on Avon Community website, accessed 06/05/2016 from http://bradfordonavon.ourcommunitymatters.org.uk/news/holt-war-memorial/
War Memorials Trust, Grants Showcase, accessed 06/05/2016 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=1039
War Memorials Register, accessed 06/05/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/68928
War Memorials Online, accessed 16/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/130714
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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