Winterbourne War Memorial

Outside the Winterbourne Arms, Winterbourne, Newbury, RG20 8BB

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First World War memorial with later additions for the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1440874
Date first listed:: 05-Dec-2016
List Entry Name:: Winterbourne War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Outside the Winterbourne Arms, Winterbourne, Newbury, RG20 8BB

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1440874
Date first listed:: 05-Dec-2016
List Entry Name:: Winterbourne War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Outside the Winterbourne Arms, Winterbourne, Newbury, RG20 8BB

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:: Outside the Winterbourne Arms, Winterbourne, Newbury, RG20 8BB

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

District:: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Winterbourne
National Grid Reference:: SU4561172282

Summary

First World War memorial with later additions for the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Winterbourne 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 the local community, and the sacrifices it made in the conflicts of the C20; * Architectural interest: a simple yet dignified Latin 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 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 Winterbourne as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.

Following the Second World War, the names of those who lost their lives in that conflict were also added.

Details

MATERIALS: sandstone.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial is located by the roadside and it comprises a Latin cross surmounting a tapered shaft set on a square two-tiered plinth. The whole is set upon a square single-stepped base.

The inscription on the plinth in incised letters reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ AND IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945 (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, 22 February 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 22 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/197173
War Memorials Register, accessed 21 Oct 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/7773
West Berkshire Memorials, accessed 21 Oct 2016 from http://westberkshirewarmemorials.org.uk/memorial.php?link=WB061

Legal

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