Bathealton War Memorial
War memorial in the churchyard of the Church of St Bartholomew, Bathealton, Taunton, TA4 2AN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1442174
- Date first listed:
- 02-Feb-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Bathealton War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- War memorial in the churchyard of the Church of St Bartholomew, Bathealton, Taunton, TA4 2AN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1442174
- Date first listed:
- 02-Feb-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Bathealton War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- War memorial in the churchyard of the Church of St Bartholomew, Bathealton, Taunton, TA4 2AN
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 in the churchyard of the Church of St Bartholomew, Bathealton, Taunton, TA4 2AN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Bathealton
- National Grid Reference:
- ST0793324060
Summary
A First World War memorial, erected circa 1920, altered after the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Bathealton 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 sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: a sombre but elegant memorial, well made and with good inscriptions;
* Group value: with the Grade II-listed Church of St Bartholomew.
History
The memorial was erected after the First World War, as part of the great wave of commemoration of the sacrifice made by the fallen from communities across the country. It was set up in a prominent position in the village churchyard. After the Second World War, the names of the soldier of the parish who died in that conflict was added to the memorial.
Details
A First World War memorial, erected circa 1920, altered after the Second World War.
MATERIALS: local stone.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial takes the form of a short Celtic wheel cross, with relief-carved interlacing to the arms of the cross, with a moulded central boss. The shaft has a relief-carved cipher of the initials SH, below which is the carved inscription: TO THE / MEMORY OF / THOSE WHO / FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918 / 1939 – 1945. The shaft sits directly on a tapering square base, inscribed with the names of the casualties of the First World War (4) / OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / AND / followed by the name of the soldier who died in the Second World War. The base stands on a single step, also tapering, which is inscribed: GOD PROVED THEM AND FOUND THEM WORTHY FOR HIMSELF.
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, 23 November 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 01.12.2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/24806
War Memorials Online, accessed 23 November 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/253365
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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