Highbrook War Memorial

Churchyard of the Church of All Saints, Hammingden Lane, Highbrook, West Sussex, RH17 6SS

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First World War memorial, designed by C E Kempe and Co of London and unveiled on 19 September 1920 with further inscriptions added after the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1439522
Date first listed:: 07-Nov-2016
List Entry Name:: Highbrook War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Churchyard of the Church of All Saints, Hammingden Lane, Highbrook, West Sussex, RH17 6SS

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1439522
Date first listed:: 07-Nov-2016
List Entry Name:: Highbrook War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Churchyard of the Church of All Saints, Hammingden Lane, Highbrook, West Sussex, RH17 6SS

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:: Churchyard of the Church of All Saints, Hammingden Lane, Highbrook, West Sussex, RH17 6SS

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

County:: West Sussex
District:: Mid Sussex (District Authority)
Parish:: West Hoathly
National Grid Reference:: TQ3623130167

Summary

First World War memorial, designed by C E Kempe and Co of London and unveiled on 19 September 1920 with further inscriptions added after the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Highbrook 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 lantern cross in Clipsham limestone with carved decorative details; * Group value: with All Saint’s Church (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.

One such memorial was raised at Highbrook as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.

Highbrook War Memorial was designed by C E Kempe and Co of London and dedicated on 19 September 1920 by the Rural Dean and unveiled by Miss Grace Clarke. The memorial was raised by public subscription and commemorates 15 local servicemen who fell in the First World War.

The name of one who fell in the Second World War was added after that conflict.

In 2015 the memorial was conserved with the help of grant aid from War Memorials Trust.

Details

MATERIALS: Clipsham limestone.

DESCRIPTION: Highbrook War Memorial is located in the churchyard of All Saint’s Church (Grade II) in Highbrook, West Sussex. It comprises a lantern cross with carved decorative tracery and an IHS in raised lettering on one face and a carved picture of Christ on the cross on the other. It rises from a slender octagonal tapering shaft which is set upon a hexagonal plinth on a two-stepped hexagonal base.

The inscription is incised into three sides of the plinth and the other faces are incised with the names of the fallen. The inscription reads: REMEMBER YE WITH/ THANKSGIVING AND/ HONOUR BEFORE GOD/ AND MAY THESE MEN/ OF HIGHBROOK WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919/ MAY THEY REST IN PEACE.

The Second World War inscription reads: 1939 – 1945/ (NAME).

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 5 December 2016.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 21/08/2016 from www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/142435
War Memorials Register, accessed 05/12/2016 from www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/16841
War Memorials Trust, accessed 21/08/2016 from www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=1307
Other
‘Highbrook’s Fallen’, Mid Sussex Times (21 September 1920), 7

Legal

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