War Memorial, Churchyard of St Barnabas, Worcester

Churchyard of St Barnabas Church, Church Road, Worcester, WR3 8NX

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Overview

A churchyard First World War memorial cross of circa 1920, of limestone with a Celtic-style wheel-head. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1437271
Date first listed:: 02-Sep-2016
List Entry Name:: War Memorial, Churchyard of St Barnabas, Worcester
Statutory Address:: Churchyard of St Barnabas Church, Church Road, Worcester, WR3 8NX

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1437271
Date first listed:: 02-Sep-2016
List Entry Name:: War Memorial, Churchyard of St Barnabas, Worcester
Statutory Address 1:: Churchyard of St Barnabas Church, Church Road, Worcester, WR3 8NX

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:: Churchyard of St Barnabas Church, Church Road, Worcester, WR3 8NX

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

County:: Worcestershire
District:: Worcester (District Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: SO8594456347

Summary

A churchyard First World War memorial cross of circa 1920, of limestone with a Celtic-style wheel-head.

Reasons for Designation

The war memorial, St Barnabas' churchyard, Worcester 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; * Architectural interest: as an accomplished and well-realised war memorial, which takes the form of a Celtic cross with carving to both principal sides.

History

The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England, as a result of both the huge impact the loss of three quarters of a million British lives had on communities, and also the official policy of not repatriating the dead, which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss. One such memorial was raised in the churchyard of St Barnabas Church, Worcester as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.

The memorial appears to date from circa 1920.

Details

A churchyard First World War memorial cross of circa 1920.

MATERIALS & PLAN The monument is of limestone and has a wheel-head cross supported by a shaft which rises from a tapered plinth on a three stepped base.

The eastern side of the head of the cross has a large boss to the centre and smaller bosses to the ends of the arms, with Celtic entwined foliage ornament. Below this the tapered shaft connects to the tapered plinth which is inscribed with the wording TO THE GLORY OF GOD / THE GIVER OF VICTORY / AND TO THE HONOURED MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918 / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.

The rear of the cross head is similarly decorated and the rear and flanks of the plinth are inscribed with the names of the fallen.

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, 25 July 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 18 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/225902
War Memorials Register, accessed 25 July 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/32214

Legal

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