Tilton on the Hill War Memorial

St Peter's Churchyard, Main Street, Tilton on the Hill, Harborough, Leicestershire, LE7 9LB

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Overview

First World War memorial, unveiled on 4 July 1920 by Major Dawson. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1439315
Date first listed:: 27-Feb-2017
List Entry Name:: Tilton on the Hill War Memorial
Statutory Address:: St Peter's Churchyard, Main Street, Tilton on the Hill, Harborough, Leicestershire, LE7 9LB

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1439315
Date first listed:: 27-Feb-2017
List Entry Name:: Tilton on the Hill War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: St Peter's Churchyard, Main Street, Tilton on the Hill, Harborough, Leicestershire, LE7 9LB

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:: St Peter's Churchyard, Main Street, Tilton on the Hill, Harborough, Leicestershire, LE7 9LB

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

County:: Leicestershire
District:: Harborough (District Authority)
Parish:: Tilton on the Hill and Halstead
National Grid Reference:: SK7434205627

Summary

First World War memorial, unveiled on 4 July 1920 by Major Dawson.

Reasons for Designation

The war memorial in the churchyard of the Church of St Peter, Tilton on the Hill, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: it is a poignant reminder of the impact of tragic world events upon an individual community and, thus, has strong cultural and historical significance within both a local and national context; * Design interest: as an accomplished and well-executed memorial which takes the form of a wheel cross; * Group value: with the Church of St Peter (NHLE1074839) and a scheduled and listed churchyard cross (NHLE 1014517 and NHLE 1360999).

History

The concept of commemorating war dead did not develop to any great extent until towards the end of the C19. Prior to then memorials were rare and were mainly dedicated to individual officers, or sometimes regiments. The first large-scale erection of war memorials dedicated to the ordinary soldier followed the Second Boer War of 1899-1902, which was the first major war following reforms to the British Army which led to regiments being recruited from local communities and with volunteer soldiers. However, it was the aftermath of the First World War that was the great age of memorial building, 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 memorial in the churchyard of the Church of St Peter, Tilton on the Hill was unveiled on 4 July 1920 by Major Dawson at a cost of £140. The memorial has recently undergone conservation work due to the monument leaning. This involved correcting the lean, reinstating a protective gravel surround, cleaning, repointing, and repainting the inscription.

Details

First World War memorial, unveiled on 4 July 1920 by Major Dawson.

MATERIALS: Castle Hill Granite

PLAN: rectangular in plan.

DESCRIPTION: The memorial stands in a prominent location adjacent to the path leading to the S porch of the Church of St Peter (listed at Grade I, NHLE1074839). The memorial comprises a single-stepped rectangular base below a tapering rectangular sectioned plinth, with a slightly tapering rectangular sectioned shaft surmounted by an infilled wheel cross. In relief on the face of the cross is a sword of sacrifice.

At the base of the shaft is the leaded inscription TO THE/ GLORY/ OF GOD. On the E face of the plinth the inscription reads IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/ THIS DISTRICT WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 and below are the 12 names of those men of the parish who lost their lives.

The memorial stands approximately 10m W of a listed and scheduled churchyard cross (NHLE 1014517 and NHLE 1360999).

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
Leicestershire County Council War Memorials Project, accessed 6 September 2016 from http://www.leicestershirewarmemorials.co.uk/war/memorials/view/1175
War Memorials Online, accessed 23 November 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/253782
War Memorials Register, accessed 6 September 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/37578

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 s1 (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; single-stepped rectangular base below a tapering rectangular sectioned plinth, with a slightly tapering rectangular sectioned shaft surmounted by an infilled wheel cross) are not to be treated as part of the listed building for the purposes of the Act.