Claines War Memorial
Churchyard of St John Baptist Church, Claines Lane, Claines, Worcester, WR3 7RD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1437487
- Date first listed:
- 15-Sept-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Claines War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Churchyard of St John Baptist Church, Claines Lane, Claines, Worcester, WR3 7RD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1437487
- Date first listed:
- 15-Sept-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Claines War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Churchyard of St John Baptist Church, Claines Lane, Claines, Worcester, WR3 7RD
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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.
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:
- Churchyard of St John Baptist Church, Claines Lane, Claines, Worcester, WR3 7RD
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:
- SO8517558852
Summary
First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Claines War Memorial of 1920 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 well-designed and carved stone memorial based upon Blomfield’s Cross of Sacrifice;
* Group value: with the Grade II*-listed Church of St John Baptist which forms its backdrop.
History
The war memorial in Claines was unveiled in 1920, as part of the great wave of commemoration of the sacrifice made by the Fallen from communities across the country, following the First World War. It stands within the churchyard of St John Baptist’s Church and is a reduced version of Sir Reginald Blomfield’s Cross of Sacrifice. One source (Pevsner, 2007) attributes its design to Blomfield. It commemorates the 27 men from the parish who lost their lives during the First World War. After the Second World War a further inscription commemorating the Fallen from that conflict was added.
Details
A First World War memorial of 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.
MATERIALS: Portland stone.
DESCRIPTION: the cross is modified version of Blomfield’s Cross of Sacrifice with a tall Latin cross with a bronze carving of a downward pointing sword. It is set into an octagonal plinth. The front (south-east) face of the plinth is inscribed: TO / THE MEMORY / OF THE MEN / OF THIS PARISH / WHO FELL IN / THE GREAT WAR / MDCCCCXIV / MDCCCCXVIII / ALSO WORLD WAR / 1939-1945. The north-west face carries a second inscription which reads: SEE YE TO IT / THAT THESE / SHALL NOT / HAVE DIED / IN VAIN. The other sides are inscribed with the names of the Fallen. The plinth rests upon a base with a capping stone; and the whole stands on three octagonal steps.
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 04/10/2016
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, 18 January 2017.
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Brooks, A, The Buildings of England: Worcestershire, (2007), 228
Websites
Friends of Claines Church “Sons of Claines – Lest we forget”, accessed 6 July 2016 from http://www.clainesfriends.org.uk/sonsofclaines.html
War Memorials Register, accessed 18 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/32212
War Memorials Online, accessed 18 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/146620
Other
Worcester City HER Monument Full Report, War Memorial, Claines churchyard, WCM91184
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
The listed building(s) is/are shown coloured blue on the attached map. Pursuant to s.1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’), structures attached to or within the curtilage of the listed building (save those coloured blue on the map) are not to be treated as part of the listed building for the purposes of the Act.
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