Burley War Memorial

War Memorial, The Cross, Burley, Ringwood, BH24 4AA

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War memorial cross, 1919, by Farmer and Brindley. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1439015
Date first listed:: 12-Dec-2016
List Entry Name:: Burley War Memorial
Statutory Address:: War Memorial, The Cross, Burley, Ringwood, BH24 4AA

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1439015
Date first listed:: 12-Dec-2016
List Entry Name:: Burley War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: War Memorial, The Cross, Burley, Ringwood, BH24 4AA

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:: War Memorial, The Cross, Burley, Ringwood, BH24 4AA

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

County:: Hampshire
District:: New Forest (District Authority)
Parish:: Burley
National Park:: NEW FOREST
National Grid Reference:: SU2110303026

Summary

War memorial cross, 1919, by Farmer and Brindley.

Reasons for Designation

Burley War Memorial, 1919, 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 conflicts of the C20; * Architectural interest: a well-executed cruciform design, enriched with relief mouldings.

History

The great wave of memorial building in the years following the First World War honoured the many thousands of troops lost, marking the great impact of the international conflict at a local level. Memorials provided a focal point for grieving communities, whose dead were often not repatriated.

The memorial at Burley is one such example, erected on a crossing in the centre of the village. The inscription on the base of the cross explains that it was erected by Colonel Frank Willan and his wife as a token of their ‘gratitude to God for the preservation of two sons and a son-in-law in the army who served in France during the war’.

The memorial was erected by Farmer and Brindley, a prominent firm of architectural masons and carvers whose work features on a number of notable buildings, including the Natural History Museum. They supplied a number of First World War memorials, including that at nearby Hinton.

The memorial was added to following the Second World War.

Details

War memorial cross, 1919 by Farmer and Brindley.

MATERIALS: the memorial is constructed from Portland stone.

DESCRIPTION: a Celtic cross with a tapering square shaft, standing upon a tapering plinth with two steps. The head of the cross has a relief moulding of an interweaving Celtic pattern. The plinth has incised, painted inscriptions; on the south-west facing side: ‘IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO WENT / OUT FROM BURLEY AND FELL / GALLANTLY IN DEFENCE OF THEIR / COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-18 / “THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE” /ERECTED BY COL. FRANK WILLAN AND HIS / WIFE AS A TOKEN OF THEIR GRATITUDE / TO GOD FOR THE PRESERVATION OF TWO / SONS AND A SON-IN-LAW IN THE ARMY WHO / SERVED IN FRANCE DURING THE WAR’, with the names, ranks and regiments of the fallen on the north-west and south-east sides. Inscribed on the north-east facing side is ‘1939-1945 WAR’ with the names and regiments of 21 men. A small inscription on the south-east face states the name of the masons, Farmer and Brindley. The cross stands on a paved square base and is enclosed by a chain fence with three tapering square posts on each side.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 20 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/84047
War Memorials Register, accessed 23/08/2016 from www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/40501
War Memorials Trust, Burley, accessed 23/08/2016 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=419

Legal

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