West Lavington War Memorial
Churchyard of All Saint's Church, Church Street, West Lavington, Wiltshire, SN10 4LD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1439032
- Date first listed:
- 31-Oct-2016
- List Entry Name:
- West Lavington War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Churchyard of All Saint's Church, Church Street, West Lavington, Wiltshire, SN10 4LD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1439032
- Date first listed:
- 31-Oct-2016
- List Entry Name:
- West Lavington War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Churchyard of All Saint's Church, Church Street, West Lavington, Wiltshire, SN10 4LD
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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 All Saint's Church, Church Street, West Lavington, Wiltshire, SN10 4LD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- West Lavington
- National Grid Reference:
- SU0066553011
Summary
First World War memorial, unveiled on 21 July 1921, with further names added after the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
West Lavington 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 this community, and the sacrifices it has made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: a simple yet dignified Bath stone Latin cross;
* Group value: with the Church of All Saints (Grade I), Grade-II listed tombs in the churchyard, The Old Post Office opposite (Grade II) and 13 Church Street opposite (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.
The faculty permission for the West Lavington memorial proposed to 'erect a war memorial cross in the south-east corner of the churchyard belonging to All Saints.' The estimated cost for the memorial was £200 which was to be raised by public subscription and at the time of the faculty petition £150 was already in place. The vicar at the time noted that 'the inscription will be simply the one word “remember” with the names of the men who gave their lives in the War written on the base of the memorial.'
The faculty was granted on 21 April 1921 for '...a stone column surmounted by a cross (height 16ft) and inscribed to the memory of the men (naming them) of the Parish of West Lavington who gave their lives in the Great War'. The memorial was unveiled on Thursday 21 July 1921 by the Archdeacon of Wiltshire, Venerable E J Bodington.
The memorial commemorates 22 local servicemen who fell in the First World War. Following the Second World War a further 11 names were added for the fallen of that conflict.
In 2010 the memorial was cleaned with the help of grant aid from War Memorials Trust.
Details
MATERIALS: Bath stone.
DESCRIPTION: the war memorial is composed of a Latin cross set upon an octagonal shaft with an octagonal collar.
At the base of the shaft is incised in ornate Gothic lettering: A D 1914 - 1918.
The shaft is set upon a square plinth with rounded shoulders and a three-tiered square base. The word REMEMBER is similarly carved in Gothic lettering onto the face of the plinth. The top two tiers of the base are incised with the names of the fallen.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Trust, accessed 21 July 2016 from www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=776
War Memorials Online, accessed 21/07/2016 from www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/99884
War Memorials Register, accessed 21/07/2016 from www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/24247
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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