Farlow War Memorial lych-gate

St. Giles Church, Farlow, Shropshire, DY14 0RQ

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A churchyard memorial which takes the form of a lych-gate and appears to date from c. 1920. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1437254
Date first listed:: 12-Jan-2017
List Entry Name:: Farlow War Memorial lych-gate
Statutory Address:: St. Giles Church, Farlow, Shropshire, DY14 0RQ

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1437254
Date first listed:: 12-Jan-2017
List Entry Name:: Farlow War Memorial lych-gate
Statutory Address 1:: St. Giles Church, Farlow, Shropshire, DY14 0RQ

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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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: St. Giles Church, Farlow, Shropshire, DY14 0RQ

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

District:: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Farlow
National Grid Reference:: SO6394680597

Summary

A churchyard memorial which takes the form of a lych-gate and appears to date from c. 1920.

Reasons for Designation

Farlow war memorial, Shropshire is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it made in the conflicts of the C20; * Architectural interest: as an accomplished and well-realised war memorial, which takes the form of a churchyard lych-gate; * Group value: the monument has group value with the church of St Giles, Farlow (Grade II).

History

The lych-gate appears to date from c.1920.

Details

A churchyard memorial which takes the form of a lych-gate and appears to date from c. 1920. MATERIALS & PLAN: limestone rubble, brought to course, with an oak roof structure and tiled covering. The gate faces south-east onto the road and north-west towards the church porch. EXTERIOR: the south-east front has a round-arched portal with rock-hewn blocks of stone forming the piers at either side and the radiating voussoirs around the arch. At either side are ashlar eaves bands at the level of the springing of the arch. The central keystone is also ashlar and bears the following inscription: ‘TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF / THOSE FROM THIS / PARISH / WHO FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1919 / THIS LYCH / GATE IS / ERECTED BY THE / PARISHIONERS’. To the gable apex is a small wheel-head cross. A pair of wrought iron gates, with S-scrolls and circles, appear to be replacements but may replicate the appearance of the original gates. The flanks are plain walling and the north-west side has a pegged oak truss with ashlar pieces at either side, and a tie beam which supports a king post. A further four, similar trusses support the roof. The tiled roof covering appears to have been replaced at some time. INTERIOR: the north-eastern wall has an inscribed block to the centre which reads: ‘THE GLORIOUS DEAD’ followed by the names of the fallen.

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 18/01/2017

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, 23 November 2017.

Sources

Books and journals
Francis, Peter , Shropshire War Memorials; Sites of Remembrance, (2013), 110
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 23 November 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/253808
War Memorials Register, accessed 23 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/13848

Legal

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