West Bagborough war memorial

War memorial, adjacent to the lych gate to Church of St Pancras, West Bagborough, Somerset, TA4 3EG

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

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1442185
Date first listed:: 02-Feb-2017
List Entry Name:: West Bagborough war memorial
Statutory Address:: War memorial, adjacent to the lych gate to Church of St Pancras, West Bagborough, Somerset, TA4 3EG

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1442185
Date first listed:: 02-Feb-2017
List Entry Name:: West Bagborough war memorial
Location Description:
Statutory Address 1:: War memorial, adjacent to the lych gate to Church of St Pancras, West Bagborough, Somerset, TA4 3EG

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:: War memorial, adjacent to the lych gate to Church of St Pancras, West Bagborough, Somerset, TA4 3EG

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

District:: Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: West Bagborough
National Grid Reference:: ST1683833576

Summary

A First World War and Second World War memorial.

Reasons for Designation

The war memorial in West Bagborough 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 sombre but elegant memorial slab, with a carved laurel wreath.

History

The memorial appears to have been erected after the Second World War, as part of the commemoration of the sacrifice made by the fallen from communities across the country. It was set up in a prominent position adjacent to the lych gate of the village church. The memorial commemorates those men from the village who lost their lives or who served in both world wars. Those who died in the First World War had previously been commemorated by the addition of new figures in the rood within the church, designed by Sir Ninian Comper, in the 1920s.

Details

A First World War and Second World War memorial.

MATERIALS Slate slab, with a bronze sculpture.

DESCRIPTION The memorial takes the form of a large, upright slate slab, which is inscribed, above which is a bronze laurel wreath, all set under a much later timber canopy. The slate is inscribed with the names of those who died and those who served: TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY/ 1914 - 1918/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)/ THOSE WHO SERVED/ (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, 21 February 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 21 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/181305
War Memorials Register, accessed 01.12.2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk_www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/25162

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 war memorial is 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.