Brent Knoll War Memorial

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War memorial, erected in circa 1920. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1436908
Date first listed:: 31-Aug-2016
List Entry Name:: Brent Knoll War Memorial

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1436908
Date first listed:: 31-Aug-2016
List Entry Name:: Brent Knoll War Memorial
Location Description:: located to the west of the churchyard of St Michael's Church, Brent Knoll, Sedgemoor, Somerset

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

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District:: Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Brent Knoll
National Grid Reference:: ST3357850735

Summary

War memorial, erected in circa 1920.

Reasons for Designation

Brent Knoll War Memorial is designated 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 sacrifices it made in the conflicts of the C20; * Architectural interest: an accomplished and well-realised design; * Intactness: the memorial survives intact in its original location; * Group value: it has group value with the Grade I Church of St Michael.

History

The great age of memorial building was in the aftermath of the First World War with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. It is not known when the Brent Knoll War Memorial was erected and commemorated, but it was likely to be during the 1920s. Additional inscriptions were added following the Second World War.

Details

War memorial, erected in circa 1920.

MATERIALS: carved from stone.

DESCRIPTION: located to the west of the Church of St Michael, the war memorial, a freestanding lantern cross, stands on a moulded octagonal platform. It comprises a three-stepped, octagonal pedestal surmounted by a square base which is carved to form an octagonal top. The shaft, which is square at the base, is chamfered with broach stops to form an octagon which, above the annulet at the top, splays outwards to carry the lantern cross. The lantern cross has decorative tracery-style and foliate carving to each side and its east face has a relief carving of the Crucifixion of Christ with the figure of the Virgin Mary and St John the Evangelist to either side. Carved in relief and continuing around the face of the top step is the inscription:

1914-1918/ REMEMBER WITH THANKSGIVING/THE BRENT KNOLL/MEN WHO GAVE /THEIR LIVES IN/THE SERVICE OF/ THEIR COUNTRY

The names of the seventeen men who died are inscribed on the riser of the second step.

To the east face of the bottom step is carved the date ‘1939-45’ and to either side are inscribed the names of the six men of the parish who died.

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, 14 December 2016.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 14/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/230709
War Memorials Register, accessed 11/12/2014 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/30184
Other
War Memorial, Church of St Michael, Brent Knoll (17635), Somerset Historic Environment Record

Legal

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