Northleach War Memorial

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Overview

A First World War memorial, designed by Healing and Overbury architects of Cheltenham, unveiled 3 June 1922; altered after the Second World War and in the mid-C20. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1441016
Date first listed:: 07-Dec-2016
List Entry Name:: Northleach War Memorial

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1441016
Date first listed:: 07-Dec-2016
List Entry Name:: Northleach War Memorial
Location Description:: Market Place, Northleach

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

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County:: Gloucestershire
District:: Cotswold (District Authority)
Parish:: Northleach with Eastington
National Grid Reference:: SP1131214624

Summary

A First World War memorial, designed by Healing and Overbury architects of Cheltenham, unveiled 3 June 1922; altered after the Second World War and in the mid-C20.

Reasons for Designation

Northleach War Memorial, Market Place, 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 sombre but elegant memorial, well made and with good metal plaques.

History

The war memorial cross in the Market Place in Northleach was constructed in 1922, to commemorate the fallen of the village. After some debate over the form which the memorial to the casualties of Northleach and Eastington should take, it was eventually decided in June 1921 that a memorial cross should be erected, and a plaque set up in the parish church alongside the Roll of Honour. The memorials, paid for by public subscription, were unveiled on 3 June 1922. The stone for the cross, from Farmington Quarry, was donated by Colonel C D Barrow of Farmington Lodge. It was designed by Healing and Overbury architects of Cheltenham, and made by Mr Berkeley, mason of South Cerney. The memorial was unveiled by Maj Gen Stanton, and dedicated by the Bishop of Gloucester in a ceremony attended by over 1000 people.

The memorial cross was originally inscribed simply 1914 – REMEMBRANCE – 1918. After the Second World War, metal plaques giving the names of the men who lost their lives in each of the World Wars were added. During the conflict in Malaysia (formerly Malaya), a third plaque was added commemorating a soldier from the parish who had died in that conflict.

Details

A First World War memorial, designed by Healing and Overbury architects of Cheltenham, unveiled 3 June 1922; altered after the Second World War and in the mid-C20.

MATERIALS: local limestone, with metal plaques.

DESCRIPTION: a war memorial in the form of a Latin cross on a tapering octagonal shaft with a square foot, set on a square-section plinth with moulded edges. The whole stands on a three-stepped octagonal platform. The inscriptions are on metal plaques on all four sides of the memorial: IN MEMORIAM / 1914 - 1918 / 1939 - 1945 / ET ALIORUM; 1914 - 1918 / (NAMES) and below: 1950 MALAYA / (NAME); 1914 - 1918 / (NAMES); 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, 17 February 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 17 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/139839
War Memorials Register, accessed 31.10.2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/20943
Other
Northleach War Memorial in Cheltenham Chronicle, 18 June 1921
Northleach War Memorials – Unveiling and Dedication Ceremonies in Gloucestershire Echo, 6 June 1922

Legal

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

The listed building(s) is/are shown coloured blue on the attached map. Pursuant to s.1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’), structures attached to or within the curtilage of the listed building (save those coloured blue on the map) are not to be treated as part of the listed building for the purposes of the Act.