Sibbertoft war memorial, steps and railings
War Memorial, Church Street, Sibbertoft, Northamptonshire
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1441816
- Date first listed:
- 12-Dec-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Sibbertoft war memorial, steps and railings
- Statutory Address:
- War Memorial, Church Street, Sibbertoft, Northamptonshire
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1441816
- Date first listed:
- 12-Dec-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Sibbertoft war memorial, steps and railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- War Memorial, Church Street, Sibbertoft, Northamptonshire
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:
- War Memorial, Church Street, Sibbertoft, Northamptonshire
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- West Northamptonshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Sibbertoft
- National Grid Reference:
- SP6811382628
Summary
War memorial, unveiled in 1920, dedicated to the fallen of the First World War, and its associated steps and railings.
Reasons for Designation
Sibbertoft war memorial, unveiled in 1920, and its associated steps and railings are listed at Grade II for the following principal reason:
* 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.
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 the country. 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: therefore the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss. One such memorial was raised at Sibbertoft as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.
Sibbertoft war memorial was erected in memory of 8 residents of the village who fell during the First World War (1914-18), and was unveiled in a ceremony by Lord Horne in July 1920. The memorial was designed and executed by Messrs J G Pullen and Sons of Bridge Street, Northampton and constructed of Derbyshire stone. The war memorial was refurbished circa 2010, and the stonework was cleaned, lettering re-chased, and steps re-pointed at this time.
Details
War memorial, unveiled in 1920, dedicated to the fallen of the First World War, and its associated steps and railings.
The stone war memorial takes the form of a foliated wheel cross set on a tapering octagonal pillar, square-plan plinth and two-stepped octagonal base. The plinth is inscribed on its front (east) elevation: ‘1914-1919 / TO OUR / GLORIOUS DEAD’, and the side elevations bear the names of the fallen. The memorial is prominently located at the junction of Church Street and Berkeley Street within a segmental–plan grassed area, bounded to the north, east and south by arched iron fencing. The memorial is approached from the east from Church Street by six splayed stone steps, flanked to either side by plinth walls.
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, 20 February 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 23 November 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/14973
War Memorials Online, accessed 20 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/206904
Other
Northampton Mercury, ‘Sibbertoft Memorial’, Friday 6 August 1920
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.
Map
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