Church Langton War Memorial

Church Lane, Church Langton, Leicestershire, LE16 7SZ

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First World War memorial, 1921. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1437759
Date first listed:: 15-Sep-2016
List Entry Name:: Church Langton War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Church Lane, Church Langton, Leicestershire, LE16 7SZ

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1437759
Date first listed:: 15-Sep-2016
List Entry Name:: Church Langton War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Church Lane, Church Langton, Leicestershire, LE16 7SZ

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:: Church Lane, Church Langton, Leicestershire, LE16 7SZ

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

County:: Leicestershire
District:: Harborough (District Authority)
Parish:: East Langton
National Grid Reference:: SP7229993288

Summary

First World War memorial, 1921.

Reasons for Designation

Church Langton War Memorial 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: a simple yet elegant limestone wheel-head cross.

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, both as a result of the huge impact the loss of three quarters of a million British lives had on communities and 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 erected at Church Langton in 1921 as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. It commemorates five local servicemen who died during the First World War.

In 2013 the memorial was cleaned and conserved with the help of grant aid from War Memorials Trust.

Details

MATERIALS: limestone.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial consists of a wheel-head cross embellished with a Sword of Sacrifice carved in low relief. The cross is set upon a tapered rectangular plinth and base. It stands some 3.6m high.

There is a dedicatory duplicated inscription on the plinth, in lead lettering on the front and carved in relief on the rear, which reads: 1914 – 1919/ TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF/ (NAMES FOLLOWED BY VILLAGES)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR THAT WE MIGHT LIVE/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.

Sources

Websites
Leicestershire War Memorials, accessed 12 July 2016 from www.leicestershirewarmemorials.co.uk/war/memorials/view/250
War Memorials Online, accessed 12 July 2016 from www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/159819
War Memorials Register, accessed 12 July 2016 from www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/37806
War Memorials Trust, accessed 12 July 2016 from www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=1005

Legal

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