Chipstable Memorial Lych Gate

Churchyard of the Church of All Saints, Chipstable, Taunton, Somerset, TA4 2PZ

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Overview

First World War memorial lych gate, erected c1919 or 1920. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1442456
Date first listed:: 20-Jan-2017
List Entry Name:: Chipstable Memorial Lych Gate
Statutory Address:: Churchyard of the Church of All Saints, Chipstable, Taunton, Somerset, TA4 2PZ

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1442456
Date first listed:: 20-Jan-2017
List Entry Name:: Chipstable Memorial Lych Gate
Location Description:
Statutory Address 1:: Churchyard of the Church of All Saints, Chipstable, Taunton, Somerset, TA4 2PZ

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:: Churchyard of the Church of All Saints, Chipstable, Taunton, Somerset, TA4 2PZ

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

District:: Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Chipstable
National Grid Reference:: ST0429227092

Summary

First World War memorial lych gate, erected c1919 or 1920.

Reasons for Designation

The war memorial lychgate at the Church of All Saints in Chipstable 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 First World War; * Architectural interest: as an accomplished and well-realised memorial which takes the form of a churchyard lych gate; * Group value: with the Church of All Saints (Grade II*) and a group of three chest tombs (Grade II) in the churchyard.

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, both as a result of the huge impact the loss of three quarters of a million British lives had on communities and 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 erected at the S entrance to the churchyard of the Church of All Saints in Chipstable as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the local community in the First World War, and was dedicated in 1919 or 1920. Its wooden gates are said to have been made by Mr Pring, a local builder (War Memorials Trust, see Sources). A brass memorial plaque inside the church names the seven men who lost their lives during the conflict.

Details

First World War memorial lych gate, erected c1919 or 1920.

DESCRIPTION: it is an oak-framed structure standing on flank walls and a plinth of coursed, cut and squared local stone. The upswept gabled roof is clad with plain tiles. The N and S gabled ends are essentially the same, with unglazed lancets to either side of the gateway, decorative piercings to the bargeboards and a wooden finial. The S side has oak gates which are half-height and have fine metal straps. The upright posts support the tie beams, which are braced, and there are angled struts above which carry the collar. Fixed to the S tie beam is a slender commemorative plaque, possibly of bronze, which is inscribed in raised lettering IN MEMORIUM 1914–1918. The timbers on the W and E sides each form an arcade with pointed-arched heads.

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
18181: War memorial lych gate, Churchyard of All Saints, Chipstable, accessed 14 December 2016 from http://www.somersetheritage.org.uk/#
War Memorials Online, accessed 21 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/99221
War Memorials Register, accessed 15 December 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/24919
War Memorials Trust, accessed 15 December 2016 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=590

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.