Tollard Royal and Rushmore War Memorial
B3081, Tollard Royal, Wiltshire, SP5 5PP
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1436133
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jul-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Tollard Royal and Rushmore War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- B3081, Tollard Royal, Wiltshire, SP5 5PP
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1436133
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jul-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Tollard Royal and Rushmore War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- B3081, Tollard Royal, Wiltshire, SP5 5PP
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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:
- B3081, Tollard Royal, Wiltshire, SP5 5PP
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Tollard Royal
- National Grid Reference:
- ST9444017799
Summary
First World War Memorial, c1920.
Reasons for Designation
Tollard Royal and Rushmore War Memorial, situated in the centre of Tollard Royal village, 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 First World War;
* Design: a well-executed limestone cross;
* Degree of survival: unusually, the memorial has not been adapted for Second World War commemoration and thus retains its original design intent.
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 Tollard Royal as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the thirteen members of the local community, who lost their lives in the First World War.
Details
The c3m high war memorial stands within a grassed enclosure on the roadside in the centre of the village, enclosed by a chain which is supported by low stone bollards. The limestone memorial comprises a two-stepped square base and small plinth, surmounted by an octagonal shaft and Latin cross fleury.
The front face of the plinth is inscribed THIS/ MONUMENT IS ERECTED/ IN REMEMBRANCE AND GRATITUDE/ TO THOSE MEN OF/ TOLLARD ROYAL AND RUSHMORE/ WHO GAVE THEIR ALL/ FOR KING, FOR HONOUR AND FOR COUNTRY/ AND/ MAY THEIR DEEDS INSPIRE US TO HIGHER THINGS/ THEIR NAMES LIVE FOR EVERMORE. The names of those who fell are inscribed on two sides of the plinth, leaving the fourth face blank.
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/24126
War Memorials Online, accessed 16/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/100003
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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