War memorial outside the former St Edmund's Church (Salisbury Arts Centre), Salisbury

c30m West of St Edmund's church tower, Salisbury Arts Centre, Bedwin Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 3UT

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First World War memorial. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1441721
Date first listed:: 20-Feb-2017
List Entry Name:: War memorial outside the former St Edmund's Church (Salisbury Arts Centre), Salisbury
Statutory Address:: c30m West of St Edmund's church tower, Salisbury Arts Centre, Bedwin Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 3UT

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1441721
Date first listed:: 20-Feb-2017
List Entry Name:: War memorial outside the former St Edmund's Church (Salisbury Arts Centre), Salisbury
Statutory Address 1:: c30m West of St Edmund's church tower, Salisbury Arts Centre, Bedwin Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 3UT

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:: c30m West of St Edmund's church tower, Salisbury Arts Centre, Bedwin Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 3UT

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

District:: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Salisbury
National Grid Reference:: SU1463530335

Summary

First World War memorial.

Reasons for Designation

The war memorial outside St Edmund’s Church (Salisbury Arts Centre) is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this local community, and the sacrifice it has made in the First World War; * Design: a well-executed limestone cross; * Group value: with the Grade II*-listed Former Church of St Edmund, St Edmund’s School (Grade II*) and numerous other designated heritage assets in close proximity.

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. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and also 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 outside St Edmund’s Church, Salisbury, as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by those parishioners who lost their lives in the First World War.

Details

The war memorial stands in a grassed area in the western half of the grounds of what is now Salisbury Arts Centre (churchyard of the Grade II*-listed Former Church of St Edmund). It comprises a three-stepped square base surmounted by a square, shouldered, plinth, and Latin cross of limestone with a hexagonal tapering shaft. The lowest step has a shallow cornice for the placement of wreaths and floral tributes.

On the front face of the plinth is a raised carved cross below which is the inscription THIS CROSS/ STANDS HERE IN SACRED MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO WENT FROM THIS/ PARISH AND GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY AND FOR THE WORLD’S FREEDOM/ IN THE WORLD WAR OF 1914 - 1918/ THEIR NAMES ARE EVER RECORDED/ ON THE NATIONAL ROLL OF HONOUR/ THE VICTORY OF BATTLE LANDETH NOT IN THE/ MULTITUDE OF AN HOST BUT STRENGTH COMETH FROM HEAVEN.

The memorial stands within an area defined by low oak posts which used to carry a spiked chain.

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, 6 March 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 6 March 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/100064
War Memorials Register, accessed 07/07/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/24065

Legal

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