Sampford Brett War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1437846
- Date first listed:
- 06-Oct-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Sampford Brett War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1437846
- Date first listed:
- 06-Oct-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Sampford Brett War Memorial
- Location Description:
- Located in the churchyard of the Church of St George, Sampford Brett, Somerset
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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Sampford Brett
- National Grid Reference:
- ST0892440197
Summary
War memorial, erected in 1919.
Reasons for Designation
Sampford Brett 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: an accomplished and well-realised design in the form of a Celtic-style wheel cross;
* Intactness: the memorial survives intact in its original location;
* Group value: it has group value with the Grade II* Church of St George and the Grade II churchyard walls and railings.
History
The great age of memorial building was in the aftermath of the First World War, with tens of thousands of memorials erected across the country. The Sampford Brett War Memorial was funded by the parishioners and erected and commemorated in 1919.
Details
War memorial, erected in 1919.
MATERIALS: roughly hewn granite, with inscription in black metal lettering.
DESCRIPTION: located to the west of the Church of St George (Grade II*), the war memorial is bounded on its north and west side by the churchyard wall and railings (Grade II). It comprises a Celtic-style wheel cross surmounted on a rectangular pedestal with rounded corners. On the west face of the pedestal is an inscription in black metal lettering that reads:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ (NAMES) / THIS CROSS IS ERECTED / BY THE PARISHIONERS 1919
The inscription records the six men of the parish who died during the First World War.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 23 November 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 19 July 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/24674
War Memorials Online, accessed 23 November 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/253804
Other
'War memorial, Churchyard of St George, Sampford Brett', Somerset Historic Environment Record (18463)
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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