St Levan War Memorial
Trethewey, St. Levan, Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 6LL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1439761
- Date first listed:
- 06-Dec-2016
- List Entry Name:
- St Levan War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Trethewey, St. Levan, Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 6LL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1439761
- Date first listed:
- 06-Dec-2016
- List Entry Name:
- St Levan War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Trethewey, St. Levan, Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 6LL
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
- Statutory Address:
- Trethewey, St. Levan, Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 6LL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- St. Levan
- National Grid Reference:
- SW3796823774
Summary
A war memorial cross of 1921 date.
Reasons for Designation
St Levan War Memorial, of 1921, 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.
History
The war memorial is to the men of St Levan who fell in the First World War (the names of the fallen in the Second World War were added later) and was unveiled by Brigadier General Lord St Levan C.B., C.V.O on 31 July 1921. It was restored in the early C21.
The memorial stands opposite Little Trethewey Wesleyan Chapel (Grade II*).
Details
A war memorial cross of 1921, restored in the C21.
MATERIALS: of dressed granite.
DESCRIPTION: a Celtic wheel cross with a tapering pedestal and base. The pedestal has a metal plaque on the front face, inscribed in white enamelled lettering: THESE MEN OF ST LEVAN/ WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE INSCRIBED/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR FREEDOM AND/ HONOUR IN THE TWO GREAT WORLD WARS/ 1914-18 1939-45/ 1914-18/(NAMES)/ 1939-45/ (NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. The memorial stands on a concrete base with low posts and metal railings.
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, 22 February 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 22 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/9360
War Memorials Online, accessed 22 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/105138
Other
The Cornishman - Wednesday 3 August 1921, p5
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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