Buckhurst Hill War Memorial
Grounds of St Stephen's Church, Junction of Lower Queen's Road and Albert Road, Buckhurst Hill, Essex, IG9 6DN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1436445
- Date first listed:
- 13-Jul-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Buckhurst Hill War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Grounds of St Stephen's Church, Junction of Lower Queen's Road and Albert Road, Buckhurst Hill, Essex, IG9 6DN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1436445
- Date first listed:
- 13-Jul-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Buckhurst Hill War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Grounds of St Stephen's Church, Junction of Lower Queen's Road and Albert Road, Buckhurst Hill, Essex, IG9 6DN
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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:
- Grounds of St Stephen's Church, Junction of Lower Queen's Road and Albert Road, Buckhurst Hill, Essex, IG9 6DN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Essex
- District:
- Epping Forest (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Buckhurst Hill
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ4183893789
Summary
First World War memorial, 1918.
Reasons for Designation
Buckhurst Hill War Memorial, which stands in front of St Stephen’s Church, 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;
* Degree of survival: unusually, the memorial has not been adapted for Second World War commemoration and thus retains its original design intent.
History
Buckhurst Hill War Memorial was unveiled on 9 June 1918, five months before the Armistice, by the Bishop of Chelmsford. The memorial was built by Messrs Underwood of Baker Street and commemorates the 84 servicemen who lived in the district and died in the First World War. In 2013 a project was undertaken to replace the lost cross on top of the memorial with the help of grant aid from War Memorials Trust.
Details
MATERIALS: Limestone tablet and base, bronze plaque.
DESCRIPTION: Buckhurst Hill War Memorial is located outside St Stephen’s Church, Buckhurst Hill. It takes the form of a hooded limestone tablet framing a lancet shaped bronze plaque. A central projecting Latin cross rises from the apex of the tablet hood. On either side of the tablet is a small projecting limestone planter. The whole sits on a square three-stepped base.
The plaque records the names of the fallen below the principal dedicatory inscription TO/ THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL/ REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE/ WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES/ FOR GOD AND THE RIGHT/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT/ A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
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, 12 January 2017.
Sources
Books and journals
Oliver, B, Path of Duty: The service and sacrifice of Buckhurst Hill men in the Great War 1914 - 1918, (2009), 151-2
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 01/06/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/22411
War Memorials Trust, Grants Showcase, accessed 01/06/2016 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=1028
War Memorials Online, accessed 12 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/191128
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
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