Cornhill-on-Tweed War Memorial

Junction of Main Street and B6350, Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland, TD12 4UD

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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:: 1436771
Date first listed:: 20-Jul-2016
List Entry Name:: Cornhill-on-Tweed War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Junction of Main Street and B6350, Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland, TD12 4UD

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1436771
Date first listed:: 20-Jul-2016
List Entry Name:: Cornhill-on-Tweed War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Junction of Main Street and B6350, Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland, TD12 4UD

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Junction of Main Street and B6350, Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland, TD12 4UD

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

District:: Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Cornhill-on-Tweed
National Grid Reference:: NT8574539240

Summary

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

Reasons for Designation

Cornhill-on-Tweed War Memorial, on Main Street, 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 simple yet dignified Celtic cross; * Group value: with The Collingwood Arms (Grade II-listed).

History

Cornhill-on-Tweed War Memorial was unveiled in February 1920 and dedicated by the Rector, Reverend Canon Holland. It commemorates 13 local servicemen who died during the First World War. The plot of land was owned by Captain John Carnaby Collingwood (1870-1952) of Cornhill House: he is thought to have funded the memorial cross. Following the Second World War four names were added. The memorial was refurbished in 2002, when bollards and a chain were installed to enclose the memorial, it was re-dedicated on 10 November 2002.

Details

MATERIALS: Granite cross and plinth.

DESCRIPTION: Cornhill-on-Tweed War Memorial stands on the verge at the western end of Main Street, opposite The Collingwood Arms (Grade II-listed). It takes the form of a tall Celtic cross in granite. The front face of the wheel head is ornamented with a voided cross carved in low relief and polished, contrasting with the rough-hewn surfaces. A panel on the front face of the cross shaft, also raised in low relief and polished, is inscribed IN/ GLORIOUS/ MEMORY/ OF/ (13 NAMES)/ ALL/ OF THIS PARISH.

The cross shaft rises from a tapering plinth, rectangular on plan, bearing another raised and polished panel. The principal dedicatory inscription on this panel reads THESE FELL/ IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ "SONS OF THIS PLACE/ LET THIS OF YOU BE SAID/ THAT YOU WHO LIVE/ ARE WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD/ THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES/ THAT YOU WHO LIVE MAY REAP/ A RICHER HARVEST/ ERE YOU FALL ASLEEP"

On the left face of the plinth a similar panel reads (4 NAMES)/ THESE FELL/ IN THE GREAT WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ WE THINK OF THEM IN THE MORNING/ AND REMEMBER THEM ON THE/ GOING DOWN OF THE SUN. The plinth stands on a low stone step.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: The memorial stands on a small square pavement and is enclosed on three sides by a chain carried on four low bollards.

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, 9 February 2017.

Sources

Websites
North East War Memorials Project, accessed 14/06/2016 from http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6829
War Memorials Online, accessed 9 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/90952
War Memorials Register, accessed 9 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/33396

Legal

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