Buckland Monachorum War Memorial

The Green, Crapstone, Devon, PL20 7PE

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First World War memorial, 1922, with additions for later conflicts. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1436271
Date first listed:: 13-Jul-2016
List Entry Name:: Buckland Monachorum War Memorial
Statutory Address:: The Green, Crapstone, Devon, PL20 7PE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1436271
Date first listed:: 13-Jul-2016
List Entry Name:: Buckland Monachorum War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: The Green, Crapstone, Devon, PL20 7PE

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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Location

Statutory Address:: The Green, Crapstone, Devon, PL20 7PE

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County:: Devon
District:: West Devon (District Authority)
Parish:: Buckland Monachorum
National Park:: DARTMOOR
National Grid Reference:: SX5048267828

Summary

First World War memorial, 1922, with additions for later conflicts.

Reasons for Designation

Buckland Monachorum War Memorial, which stands on The Green, Crapstone, 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; * Architectural interest: a tall and elegant memorial cross.

History

Buckland Monachorum War Memorial was designed by Mr Basil Stallybrass LRIBA of Plymouth, who also designed Launceston’s war memorial (Grade II-listed). It was unveiled by Sir Henry Lopes on 26 February 1922 and dedicated by the Archdeacon of Plymouth, Rev EF Newman. The memorial commemorates 36 local servicemen who fell in the First World War.

Following the Second World War the 27 names of the fallen from that conflict were added to the memorial and a re-dedication service was held on 2 May 1949. One further name was added to the memorial following the Korean War. In 2014 a project was undertaken to conserve the war memorial with the help of grant aid from War Memorials Trust.

Basil T Stallybrass LRIBA (b1879) attended Liverpool University School of Architecture from 1898 to 1900. He was Assistant to Detmar Jellings Blow in 1899 and 1902-4, training as a stonemason between 1900 and 1902. He began his own practice in 1907: his work includes the restoration c1910 of The Old Bell, Ludford (Grade II*).

Details

MATERIALS: Granite memorial cross.

DESCRIPTION: Buckland Monachorum War Memorial is located on The Green in Crapstone. The memorial consists of a five-stepped octagonal base on which stands a plinth, square on plan, with blind buttresses to the corners. The tapering cross shaft rises from the plinth’s hooded top and supports a Latin cross with budded cross arms.

The inscriptions are formed of lead lettering and appear on the steps and plinth. The principal dedicatory inscription reads TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ & IN HONOUR/ OF THE MEN OF/ BUCKLAND/ PARISH/ WHO DIED IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919/ LIVE THOU FOR ENGLAND/ WE FOR ENGLAND DIED. The Second World War dedication runs around the upper steps of the base, reading IN GLORY EVERLASTING/ MAKE THEM/ TO BE NUMBERED/ WITH THE SAINTS/ 1939 – 1945. Names are recorded on the remaining faces of the plinth and base steps.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: Granite posts around the edge of the green carry a chain, enclosing the memorial.

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, 8 December 2016.

Sources

Books and journals
Brodie, Antonia (ed.), Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914: Vol. 2 (L-Z), (2001), 681-2
Hamilton-Leggett, P, The Book of Buckland Monachorum and Yelverton, A Portrait of the Parish, (2002)
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 08/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/119682
War Memorials Register, accessed 08/12/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/2929
War Memorials Trust, Grants Showcase, accessed 24/05/2016 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=1125

Legal

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