Breage, Germoe and Godolphin War Memorial
Burial Ground south of the Church of St Breaca, Shute Hill, Breage, Cornwall, TR13 9PD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1439354
- Date first listed:
- 11-Nov-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Breage, Germoe and Godolphin War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Burial Ground south of the Church of St Breaca, Shute Hill, Breage, Cornwall, TR13 9PD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1439354
- Date first listed:
- 11-Nov-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Breage, Germoe and Godolphin War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Burial Ground south of the Church of St Breaca, Shute Hill, Breage, Cornwall, TR13 9PD
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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:
- Burial Ground south of the Church of St Breaca, Shute Hill, Breage, Cornwall, TR13 9PD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Breage
- National Grid Reference:
- SW6190128408
Summary
First World War memorial with further names added after the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Breage, Germoe and Godolphin 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: an elegant granite wheel-head cross;
* Group value: with the Church of St Breaca (Grade I), and Grade-II listed structures in the churchyard including the churchyard walls, gate and steps, listed tombs and a medieval cross.
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 the country, 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 raised at Breage as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the Breage, Germoe and Godolphin communities, who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars. It commemorates 24 local servicemen who died during the First World War and 16 from the Second World War.
In 2009 the access to the memorial was improved with the help of grant aid from the War Memorials Trust.
Details
First World War memorial with further names added after the Second World War, located within the churchyard of St Breaca’s Church.
MATERIALS: granite.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial comprises a Celtic-style wheel-head cross with raised bosses in the centre of the face and each arm of the cross. The cross rises on a tapering shaft which is set upon a two-stepped square plinth. The memorial stands on a single-stepped square base with an inclined stone scroll to the front of the memorial.
The inscriptions are leaded and painted black with the names listed down the shaft. The top step of the plinth is inscribed with: THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED BY PAST/ AND PRESENT INHABITANTS OF THE/ PARISH OF BREAGE, TO THE HONOURED/ MEMORY OF THE MEN OF BREAGE,/ GERMOE AND GODOLPHIN, WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918. The lower step reads: DEATH HATH NO MORE DOMINION OVER THEM.
The later panel is inscribed with the dedication: ALSO OF THE FOLLOWING WHO MADE/ THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE/ WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES).
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Trust, accessed 21 August 2016 from www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=743
War Memorials Online, accessed 21 August 2016 from www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/98090
War Memorials Register, accessed 21 August 2016 from www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/26079
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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