Rowberrow War Memorial

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War memorial, erected in circa 1920. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1443671
Date first listed:: 27-Feb-2017
List Entry Name:: Rowberrow War Memorial

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1443671
Date first listed:: 27-Feb-2017
List Entry Name:: Rowberrow War Memorial
Location Description:: located in the churchyard of the Church of St Michael and All Angels, Rowberrow, Sedgemoor, Somerset

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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Location

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District:: Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Shipham
National Grid Reference:: ST4494458612

Summary

War memorial, erected in circa 1920.

Reasons for Designation

Rowberrow War Memorial, in the churchyard of the Church of St Michael and All Angels, is listed at Grade II for the following 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: an accomplished and well-executed war memorial which takes the form of a Latin cross; * Group value: with the Grade II* Church of St Michael and All Angels.

History

The great age of memorial building was in the aftermath of the First World War with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. Rowberrow War Memorial, located in the churchyard of the Church of St Michael and All Angels (Grade II*), commemorates the men of the Somerset Light Infantry who were killed during the First World War, and in particular Captain R J R Leacroft, of Rowberrow Manor, who died in 1916 at the Battle of the Somme. There are two further memorials to Leacroft in the church. The memorial also commemorates Lieut-Commander Anthony Holland Brown who died on the 10 September 1943 and is remembered with honour on Plymouth Naval War Memorial (Grade I).

Details

War memorial, erected in circa 1920.

MATERIALS: constructed of Draycott stone.

DESCRIPTION: located to the south of the Church of St Michael and All Angels (Grade II*), the war memorial comprises a Latin cross with a bronze long sword attached to its west face. The base of the shaft is spayed and is mounted on a two-stepped base, with a two-stepped plinth beneath. To the west face of the upper step of the plinth, which is of two courses, is a stone plaque with the inscription:TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPT R J R LEACROFT M C, THE OFFICERS AND MEN / OF PRINCE ALBERT’S SOMERSET LIGHT INFANTRY 1914 – 1918 / ALSO IN 1939 – 1945 LIEUT COMDR A H BROWN / LET THOSE THAT COME AFTER SEE TO IT THAT / THE NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN

The whole sits on a square platform.

Sources

Websites
17710: War memorial, Church of St Michael and All Angels, accessed 17 January 2017 from http://www.somersetheritage.org.uk/
War Memorials Online, accessed 17 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/233312
War Memorials Register, accessed 17 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/24841

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 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.