Chandos Road War Memorial
Adjacent to 23 Chandos Road, Cotham, Bristol, BS6 6PJ.
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1443732
- Date first listed:
- 14-Mar-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Chandos Road War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Adjacent to 23 Chandos Road, Cotham, Bristol, BS6 6PJ.
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1443732
- Date first listed:
- 14-Mar-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Chandos Road War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Adjacent to 23 Chandos Road, Cotham, Bristol, BS6 6PJ.
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:
- Adjacent to 23 Chandos Road, Cotham, Bristol, BS6 6PJ.
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Bristol (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- ST5800474497
Summary
War memorial, erected 1920; re-sited in 2000.
Reasons for Designation
The war memorial on Chandos Road, Cotham 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: the simple design, in the form of a large granite monolith, is fitting for its purpose as a memorial structure.
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 in 1920 within the grounds of St Saviour’s Church on Chandos Road in Cotham, Bristol by relatives of the Fallen. It commemorates 48 local people who died during the conflict. Two further names were omitted from the war memorial, but were recorded on a memorial plaque that was originally in the church but has since been re-sited in Cotham parish church.
In c1998 St Saviour’s Church was converted to apartments. The war memorial was subsequently moved to its current location at the S end of a footpath between Chandos Road and Woodfield Road, adjacent to its original position. It was restored in 2014.
Details
War memorial, erected 1920; re-sited in 2000 and restored in 2014.
The war memorial takes the form of a roughly-hewn granite monolith with a pointed top and it is approximately 2m high. The upper part of the E face is dressed and inscribed, in black lettering, with the dedication: THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED / BY RELATIVES / TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND / TO THE MEMORY OF THEIR DEAR ONES / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1920 / “THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE”. Above is a bronze plaque depicting the Lamb of God. Two further dressed areas below the inscription bear the names of the Fallen. The monolith stands upon a stone plinth and is raised above ground level.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: there is a stone kerb to the N and E of the memorial. To the S is a section of walling topped with railings which was part of the boundary to the former churchyard, and to the rear is a boundary wall to No.23 Chandos Road.
Pursuant to s1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’) it is declared that the walls to the rear (W) and S of the war memorial are not of special architectural or historic interest and are not included in the listing.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. 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
Names of fallen heroes in danger of fading away, Bristol Post, 29 January 2014, accessed 31 January 2017 from http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/names-fallen-heroes-danger-fading-away/story-20517122-detail/story.html
War Memorials Online, accessed 31 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/155504
Chandos Road, Cotham. World War I Memorial Restored, accessed 1 February 2017 from http://www.bristolbuildingspreservationtrust.org.uk/news/chandos-road-cotham-world-war-i-memorial-restored/
War Memorials Register, accessed 16 March 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/61741
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.
Map
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