Ston Easton War Memorial including walls and dwarf railing to the enclosure
Ston Easton, West side of the A37, Somerset, BA3 4DH
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1442634
- Date first listed:
- 02-Feb-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Ston Easton War Memorial including walls and dwarf railing to the enclosure
- Statutory Address:
- Ston Easton, West side of the A37, Somerset, BA3 4DH
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1442634
- Date first listed:
- 02-Feb-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Ston Easton War Memorial including walls and dwarf railing to the enclosure
- Statutory Address 1:
- Ston Easton, West side of the A37, Somerset, BA3 4DH
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:
- Ston Easton, West side of the A37, Somerset, BA3 4DH
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Ston Easton
- National Grid Reference:
- ST6229253585
Summary
A memorial, probably first erected in the mid-C20, commemorating the men of the parish of Ston Easton, who lost their lives in the First - and Second World Wars.
Reasons for Designation
Ston Easton War Memorial, Somerset, erected in the mid-C20 to commemorate the men in the parish who lost their lives whilst serving their country in the First- and Second World Wars, 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: as an accomplished and well-realised stone war memorial, which takes the form of a small Latin cross set on a tapering pedestal set in its own enclosure along the roadside;
* Group value: it forms an interesting group with Ston Easton Park, registered Grade II.
History
The Ston Easton War Memorial, a small roadside cross set within an enclosure, commemorates the men of the parish of Ston Easton in Somerset who lost their lives whilst serving their country in the First World War and the Second World War. The memorial was erected after the Second World War. A series of RAF photographs taken in 1946/7 and held by the Somerset Historic Environment Records, do not show the enclosure in which the memorial stands. It first appears on the Ordnance Survey Map published in 1961.
Details
A memorial, probably first erected in the mid-C20, commemorating the men of the parish of Ston Easton, Somerset who lost their lives in the First - and Second World Wars.
The small, granite stone memorial comprises a Latin cross set on a tapering base which is inscribed on three sides in lead lettering, the front face reading: 'TO / THE GLORIOUS MEMORY / OF / THE OFFICERS AND MEN / OF STON EASTON PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE WARS / OF / 1914-1919 - 1939 - 1945'. The sides read: '1914-1919 / [5 names]' and '1939-1945 / [2 names]'. The memorial is set on the roadside in a small rectangular area enclosed to the rear and sides by a section of dry stone walling (please note that the roadside walls to which these walls are attached is not part of the listing). To the front and sides the memorial is enclosed by stones set at regular intervals, supporting a cast iron 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, 23 November 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 15 Dec 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/24658
War Memorials Online, accessed 23 November 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/253729
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.
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