Eynesbury War Memorial

Churchyard of the Church of St Mary, Berkley Street, Eynesbury, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 2TD

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Overview

First World War memorial, 1919, designed by Sydney Inskip Ladds. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1438228
Date first listed:: 06-Oct-2016
List Entry Name:: Eynesbury War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Churchyard of the Church of St Mary, Berkley Street, Eynesbury, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 2TD

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1438228
Date first listed:: 06-Oct-2016
List Entry Name:: Eynesbury War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Churchyard of the Church of St Mary, Berkley Street, Eynesbury, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 2TD

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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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Churchyard of the Church of St Mary, Berkley Street, Eynesbury, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 2TD

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

County:: Cambridgeshire
District:: Huntingdonshire (District Authority)
Parish:: St. Neots
National Grid Reference:: TL1838159854

Summary

First World War memorial, 1919, designed by Sydney Inskip Ladds.

Reasons for Designation

Eynesbury War Memorial, 1919, designed by Sydney Inskip Ladds, 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 tall and well-executed memorial cross with carved decorative details; * Designer: designed by Sydney Inskip Ladds, well-known for his church restoration work and other memorials; * Group value: with the Church of St Mary (Grade II*), Berkley House (Grade II) and St Mary's School (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 unveiled at Eynesbury in 1919 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 39 local servicemen who died during the First World War.

The memorial was designed by Sydney Inskip Ladds (1867 – 1950), well-known for his church restoration work, and also responsible for a number of other church war memorials in the Huntingdon area including Kimbolton and Easton.

There is no dedicatory inscription or names on the memorial itself; instead the dedicatory inscription for the memorial is incised and gilded on a slate plaque which is set into the adjacent church wall.

In 2010 the memorial was conserved with the help of grant aid from War Memorials Trust.

Details

MATERIALS: limestone.

DESCRIPTION: Eynesbury War Memorial consists of a Latin cross with pierced central square detail with rose motifs. The cross and its arms are octagonal in shape and rise from a slightly tapered octagonal shaft with a turreted collar incorporating Tudor flowers carved in relief around its base.

It is set upon a square plinth with carved turreted pillars at each corner and with a flower motif carved on each face.

The memorial is set upon a two-stepped octagonal base.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 21 July 2016 from http://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/122244
War Memorials Register, accessed 21 July 2016 from www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/206
War Memorials Trust, accessed 21 July 2016 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=930

Legal

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