Plympton War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1439366
- Date first listed:
- 06-Dec-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Plympton War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1439366
- Date first listed:
- 06-Dec-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Plympton War Memorial
- Location Description:
- Barbican Road, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, PL7 1LP
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.
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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Plymouth (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SX5447055809
Summary
A parish war memorial, unveiled in May 1924 and designed by the Rector of St Maurice, Revd. CE Seccombe. Of Cornish granite, the monument takes the form of an obelisk on a plinth which rises above a platform of two steps.
Reasons for Designation
Plympton War Memorial, Devon 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: as an accomplished and well-realised war memorial, which takes the form of an obelisk on a stepped platform;
* Group value: with the Remains of Plympton Castle (listed at Grade II* and a scheduled monument) and the Church of St Maurice, Plympton (Grade II*).
History
The memorial was designed by the rector of St Maurice, Revd. CE Seccombe and was unveiled on 7 May 1924. It was altered to include the names of the fallen from the Second World War after 1945.
Details
A parish war memorial, unveiled in May 1924 and designed by the rector of St Maurice, Revd. CE Seccombe.
MATERIALS and PLAN: of grey, Cornish granite, the monument takes the form of an obelisk on a plinth which rises above a platform of two steps.
The monument is placed to the north-west of the parish church of St Maurice (Grade II*) and to the north of the motte of the ruined Plympton Castle (Grade II*). The obelisk is formed of three blocks of granite with a cross in relief to the top of the east and west fronts and laurel wreaths to the north and south fronts. The east front bears an inscription in inset lead lettering, which reads: ‘IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF / PLYMPTON ST. MAURICE. / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / FOR FREEDOM AND JUSTICE, / 1914 – 1918. / “THEY SHALL BE HAD IN EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE.”. On the west front is inscribed: ‘IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF / PLYMPTON ST MAURICE / WHO DIED FOR THEIR FELLOW-MEN IN THE WAR. / 1939 – 1945. / “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS.”
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 22 February 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 22 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/66523
War Memorials Online, accessed 22 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/127305
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.
Map
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