Granborough War Memorial
Churchyard of the Church of St John The Baptist, Marston Road, Granborough, Bucks, MK18 3NS
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1438054
- Date first listed:
- 15-Sept-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Granborough War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Churchyard of the Church of St John The Baptist, Marston Road, Granborough, Bucks, MK18 3NS
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1438054
- Date first listed:
- 15-Sept-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Granborough War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Churchyard of the Church of St John The Baptist, Marston Road, Granborough, Bucks, MK18 3NS
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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 the Church of St John The Baptist, Marston Road, Granborough, Bucks, MK18 3NS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Buckinghamshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Granborough
- National Grid Reference:
- SP7676025011
Summary
First World War memorial designed by F E Howard and unveiled on 24 July 1921.
Reasons for Designation
Granborough War Memorial, designed by F E Howard and unveiled on 24 July 1921, 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 elegant Latin cross with carved decorative details;
* Group value: with the Church of St John the Baptist (Grade II*).
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 raised at Granborough 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 war memorial was designed by F E Howard and constructed by W Wise and Son. F E Howard (1888 – 1934) was also responsible for other war memorials including those at the Church of Holy Trinity, Balsham, Cambridgeshire (Grade II) and Steeple Ashton, Oxfordshire (Grade II).
Granborough War Memorial was unveiled by Mrs Frederick Verney on 24 July 1921 with the dedication ceremony conducted by the Rev E G Walmsley.
In 2011 the memorial was cleaned and repaired with the help of grant aid from War Memorials Trust.
Details
MATERIALS: Clipsham limestone.
DESCRIPTION: Granborough War Memorial stands nearly 5m high and comprises a Gothic-style Latin cross with tracery detailing in the angles of each arm. It is set upon a tapering shaft upon an octagonal plinth.
The plinth bears the inscription in carved letters which reads 1914 – 1918/ THEIR NAME/ LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE. A second face of the plinth is inscribed IN HONOURED/ REMEMBRANCE/ OF ALL WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ AND ESPECIALLY/ OF THOSE FROM/ GRANBOROUGH.
The plinth is set upon an octagonal two-tiered base, the upper tier of which is inscribed with the names of five men who fell in the First World War.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Trust, accessed 21 July 2016 from www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=907
War Memorials Online, accessed 21 July 2016 from www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/115269
War Memorials Register, accessed 21 July 2016 from www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/8050
Other
Granborough, Bucks Herald, 30 July 1921
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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