War Memorial in Churchyard
Church of St Peter and St John, Northmoor Green, Nr Bridgwater, Somerset
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1438242
- Date first listed:
- 17-Oct-2016
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial in Churchyard
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St Peter and St John, Northmoor Green, Nr Bridgwater, Somerset
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1438242
- Date first listed:
- 17-Oct-2016
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial in Churchyard
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church of St Peter and St John, Northmoor Green, Nr Bridgwater, Somerset
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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:
- Church of St Peter and St John, Northmoor Green, Nr Bridgwater, Somerset
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- North Petherton
- National Grid Reference:
- ST3365132101
Summary
A First World War memorial, erected probably in the 1920s.
Reasons for Designation
The war memorial in Northmoor Green is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Design interest: as a simple, yet dignified Celtic cross;
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifices it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Group value: with the Grade II listed Church of St Peter and St John.
History
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of war memorials erected across England. One such memorial was erected in the churchyard of the Church of St Peter and St John in Northmoor Green to commemorate the twelve local men who lost their lives during the conflict.
Details
A First World War memorial, erected probably in the 1920s.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial is carved from granite and takes the form of a Celtic-style cross with a tapering shaft, set into a plinth with a moulded top, and standing on a rectangular base. The quadrants of the wheelhead on the front (east) face are inscribed: FOR THOSE WHO FELL, while the names of the Fallen are inscribed on the plinth below. Two further names have been added to the south face of the base.
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 1 August 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/24794
War Memorials Online, accessed 23 November 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/253799
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
The listed building(s) is/are shown coloured blue on the attached map. Pursuant to s.1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’), structures attached to or within the curtilage of the listed building (save those coloured blue on the map) are not to be treated as part of the listed building for the purposes of the Act.
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