Cholderton War Memorial
Outside Manor Farm House, Cholderton, Salisbury, SP4 0DW
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1440876
- Date first listed:
- 06-Dec-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Cholderton War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Outside Manor Farm House, Cholderton, Salisbury, SP4 0DW
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1440876
- Date first listed:
- 06-Dec-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Cholderton War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Outside Manor Farm House, Cholderton, Salisbury, SP4 0DW
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:
- Outside Manor Farm House, Cholderton, Salisbury, SP4 0DW
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Cholderton
- National Grid Reference:
- SU2253442401
Summary
First World War memorial with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Cholderton 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 elegant Latin cross;
* Group value: with nearby barns (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 Cholderton as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. It carried no names, which were listed in the church.
The memorial was relocated from its position at the junction of Grateley Road in 1983 further N to its present position and, in 1995, it was additionally inscribed with a Second World War dedication.
Details
The memorial is located outside Manor Farm House and it comprises a Latin cross surmounting a rectangular tapered shaft with a carved boss at the centre of the cross arms. It is set on a circular base of rough-hewn stone.
The inscription on the shaft in black letters reads 1914/ REMEMBRANCE/ 1918/ 1939 – 1945.
Sources
Websites
Cholderton War Memorial, accessed 21 Oct 2016 from http://www.choldertonwilts.org.uk/the-history-in-detail.html
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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