Sixpenny Handley War Memorial

B3081, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, SP5 5SA

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First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1436127
Date first listed:: 06-Jul-2016
List Entry Name:: Sixpenny Handley War Memorial
Statutory Address:: B3081, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, SP5 5SA

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1436127
Date first listed:: 06-Jul-2016
List Entry Name:: Sixpenny Handley War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: B3081, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, SP5 5SA

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: B3081, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, SP5 5SA

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Dorset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge
National Grid Reference:: ST9956317264

Summary

First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Sixpenny Handley War Memorial, located on the B3081, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20; * Design: a well-executed limestone cross; * Group value: with the nearby Grade II*-listed Church of St Mary.

History

Sixpenny Handley War memorial was unveiled in February 1920 by Captain George H Pitt-Rivers, commemorating 23 local servicemen who died during the First World War. The ceremony was conducted by Reverence EE Hasluck, with an address given by the Bishop of Salisbury. A War Memorial Committee had decided in mid-1919 to erect a cross; the cost of £240 had almost been raised at the time of the unveiling. The names of three men who died during the Second World War were later added.

Details

The circa 4m high war memorial of Ham Hill limestone stands within a grassed enclosure on the roadside in front of the Church of St Mary (Grade II*-listed), behind a chain supported by low stone bollards. It comprises a plain Latin cross set on an octagonal plinth and three-stepped octagonal base.

The front face of the plinth is inscribed TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ 23 MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918. The commemorated First World War names are inscribed on the remaining faces below their year of death. The names of three men who fell during the Second World War are also inscribed on the plinth beneath the dates 1939 - 1945.

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, 7 December 2016.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 07/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/97527
War Memorials Register, accessed 07/12/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/26659
Other
"Sixpenny Handley War Memorial Unveiled", The Western Gazette, 13 February 1920, p3

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.