Halvergate and Tunstall War Memorial, including gated railings
Junction of Sandhole Road and The Street, Halvergate, Norfolk, NR13 3GY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1443359
- Date first listed:
- 14-Mar-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Halvergate and Tunstall War Memorial, including gated railings
- Statutory Address:
- Junction of Sandhole Road and The Street, Halvergate, Norfolk, NR13 3GY
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1443359
- Date first listed:
- 14-Mar-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Halvergate and Tunstall War Memorial, including gated railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- Junction of Sandhole Road and The Street, Halvergate, Norfolk, NR13 3GY
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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:
- Junction of Sandhole Road and The Street, Halvergate, Norfolk, NR13 3GY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- Broadland (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Halvergate
- National Grid Reference:
- TG4189206726
Summary
First World War memorial, unveiled 1920, with Second World War addition. Shrouded urn atop a four-sided column bearing inscriptions, set within an enclosure with gated railings.
Reasons for Designation
Halvergate and Tunstall War Memorial, including gated railings, which is situated at the junction of Sandhole Road and The Street, 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;
* Design: as a simple but well-executed granite column with shrouded urn atop;
* Group value: with the Grade I-listed Church of Peter and St Paul, and in close proximity to a cluster of Grade II-listed buildings.
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. 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 Halvergate as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.
Halvergate and Tunstall war memorial was unveiled on Sunday 8 August 1920 and dedicated by the rector of Acle, Reverend J Blackbourne. It was built by Mr W R Utting of Acle, a monumental mason. The memorial commemorates 18 local servicemen who fell in the First World War. The names of three men who fell in the Second World War were later added.
Details
MATERIALS: Brown granite.
DESCRIPTION: Halvergate and Tunstall war memorial is located at the junction of Sandhole Road and The Street, Halvergate. It comprises a shrouded urn atop a four-sided column bearing inscriptions, on a grey base, standing within an enclosure with gated railings. The plinth bears the inscriptions in incised lettering.
The inscription to the front face of the column reads THIS MONUMENT IS/ ERECTED IN GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/ HALVERGATE AND TUNSTALL/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR/ LIVES WHILE SERVING/ IN H.M. FORCES IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE". The commemorated First World War names are recorded to either side of the column. The later inscription to the rear of the column reads SACRED/ ALSO TO THE GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF THOSE WHO/ FELL IN THE WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ (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, 16 March 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 9 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/19664
War Memorials Online, accessed 16 March 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/248863
Other
Thetford & Watton Times and People's Weekly Journal, Saturday 14 August 1920, p3.
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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