Bishops Tawton War Memorial

St. John The Baptist Church, Bishop's Tawton, Barnstaple, Devon, EX32 0AB

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Overview

A war memorial cross of 1920 date. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1439596
Date first listed:: 06-Dec-2016
List Entry Name:: Bishops Tawton War Memorial
Statutory Address:: St. John The Baptist Church, Bishop's Tawton, Barnstaple, Devon, EX32 0AB

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1439596
Date first listed:: 06-Dec-2016
List Entry Name:: Bishops Tawton War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: St. John The Baptist Church, Bishop's Tawton, Barnstaple, Devon, EX32 0AB

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. John The Baptist Church, Bishop's Tawton, Barnstaple, Devon, EX32 0AB

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

County:: Devon
District:: North Devon (District Authority)
Parish:: Bishop's Tawton
National Grid Reference:: SS5659230128

Summary

A war memorial cross of 1920 date.

Reasons for Designation

Bishops Tawton 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: a well-crafted cross design in dressed granite, a replica of St Martin’s Cross, Iona, Scotland; *Degree of survival: the structure is unaltered.

History

The war memorial to members of Bishops Tawton Parish who fell in the First World War was unveiled and dedicated by the Revd. P.L. Nicholas on Sunday 5 September 1920. The cross was designed as an exact replica of St Martin’s Cross, Iona, Scotland. Further inscribed plaques, with names, were added in 1922 and after 1945.

Details

A war memorial cross of 1920 date.

MATERIALS: of dressed Cornish granite.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial has a three-stepped square base surmounted by a tapering shaft and wheel cross. The front face of the cross has a carved Celtic design with bosses to each end of the arms and to the centre. There are inscriptions to bronze plaques attached to three faces of the bottom step: Face One: IN PROUD AND HONOURED/ MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING MEN/ OF THIS PARISH WHO/ MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ (NAMES). Face Two: IN PROUD AND HONOURED/ MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING MEN/ OF THIS PARISH WHO/ MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES). Face Three: THESE ALSO SERVED: (NAMES).

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
War Memorials Online, accessed 23 November 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/253780
War Memorials Register, accessed 17 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/25475
Other
Western Times, Monday 6 September 1920 - Bishopstawton War Memorial

Legal

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