Bratton Clovelly War Memorial
Village Square, Bratton Clovelly, Okehampton, EX20 4JX
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1437497
- Date first listed:
- 06-Dec-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Bratton Clovelly War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Village Square, Bratton Clovelly, Okehampton, EX20 4JX
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1437497
- Date first listed:
- 06-Dec-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Bratton Clovelly War Memorial
- Location Description:
- War Memorial in the Village Square adjacent to the Old School Room and Church.
- Statutory Address 1:
- Village Square, Bratton Clovelly, Okehampton, EX20 4JX
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.
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:
- Village Square, Bratton Clovelly, Okehampton, EX20 4JX
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- West Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bratton Clovelly
- National Grid Reference:
- SX4640691836
Summary
A war memorial cross of 1920 date.
Reasons for Designation
Bratton Clovelly War Memorial, Devon, 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-crafted cross design in dressed granite;
* Degree of survival: the structure is unaltered.
History
The war memorial to members of Bratton Clovelly Parish who fell in the First World War was unveiled by Mr Kenyon Slaney on Sunday 30 May 1920.
Details
A war memorial cross of 1920 date.
MATERIALS: of dressed granite.
DESCRIPTION: the war memorial is a wheel cross on a square base and tapering square plinth. The tapering square shaft is surmounted by a wheel cross. The front (northwest) face of the plinth has a recessed panel that reads: IN/ HONOURED MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THEIR COUNTRY'S SERVICE/ IN THE WAR 1914 – 1918.
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, 17 February 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 17 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/45861
War Memorials Online, accessed 17 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/245836
Other
Western Times, Friday 4 June 1920 - Bratton Clovelly War Memorial
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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