Spurway Memorial
Churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist, Heathfield, Somerset, TA4 1DL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1436086
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jul-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Spurway Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist, Heathfield, Somerset, TA4 1DL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1436086
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jul-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Spurway Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist, Heathfield, Somerset, TA4 1DL
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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:
- Churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist, Heathfield, Somerset, TA4 1DL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Oake
- National Grid Reference:
- ST1601526463
Summary
First World War memorial, dating probably from the early 1920s.
Reasons for Designation
The Spurway Memorial in the churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Design interest: as a poignant memorial in the form of a Calvary which commemorates three brothers who sadly lost their lives in the First World War;
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this community, and the sacrifice it made in the First World War;
* Group value: with the Grade II-listed Church of St John the Baptist which forms its backdrop.
History
The war memorial in the churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist was erected probably during the early 1920s, as part of the great wave of commemoration of the sacrifice made by the Fallen from communities across the country. It commemorates three brothers who lost their lives during the First World War and who were the sons of the late Reverend E P Spurway, a former vicar of St John the Baptist. The memorial is situated close to the Spurway family burial plot.
Details
First World War memorial, dating probably from the early 1920s.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial takes the form of a timber Calvary cross with a carved figure of Christ beneath a wooden and lead-clad gabled weatherhood. The wooden shaft is inscribed: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF / RICHARD SPURWAY / ALEXANDER SPURWAY / GEORGE SPURWAY / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE / 1914 GREAT WAR 1918.
The base of the war memorial is encased with stone rubble.
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, 15 December 2016.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 18/05/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/24974
War Memorials Online, accessed 15/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/235347
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
The listed building is shown coloured blue on the attached map. Pursuant to s.1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’), structures attached to or within the curtilage of the listed building (save those coloured blue on the map) are not to be treated as part of the listed building for the purposes of the Act.
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