Derry Hill War Memorial
Derry Hill, Studley Lane, Studley, Calne, Wiltshire, SN11 9NQ
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1443825
- Date first listed:
- 20-Mar-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Derry Hill War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Derry Hill, Studley Lane, Studley, Calne, Wiltshire, SN11 9NQ
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1443825
- Date first listed:
- 20-Mar-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Derry Hill War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Derry Hill, Studley Lane, Studley, Calne, Wiltshire, SN11 9NQ
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:
- Derry Hill, Studley Lane, Studley, Calne, Wiltshire, SN11 9NQ
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Derry Hill & Studley
- National Grid Reference:
- ST9640170961
Summary
First World War memorial, unveiled 1920, and altered after the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Derry Hill War Memorial, unveiled in 1920 to commemorate 21 local men who died in the First World War, and later altered to commemorate a further 6 men who died in the Second World War, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of the First- and Second World War on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in those conflicts;
* Architectural interest: as an accomplished and well-realised stone war memorial, which takes the form of a tall shaft topped with a Gothic style carved finial depicting St George and the Dragon;
* Group value: with the adjacent Village Hall, listed Grade II and in forming part of the setting of Bowood, a Grade I registered landscape park.
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 which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss. One such memorial was raised at Derry Hill as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.
The memorial was unveiled by Lady Lansdowne on 14 May 1920 and commemorates 21 local men who died whilst serving their country in the First World War. Following the Second World War the original inscription was re-cut and a further inscription added to commemorate 6 men who died whilst serving their country in that conflict.
The war memorial was again repaired and cleaned in 2015.
Details
A war memorial erected after the First World War to commemorate 21 local men who died whilst serving their country during that war, and subsequently it also commemorates a further 6 men who died whilst serving their country during the Second World War.
The memorial is constructed in stone and comprises a tall shaft, set on an octagonal stepped base, topped with an elaborately carved Gothic-style finial depicting St George and the Dragon. Each face of the base is inscribed, reading:
1914 - 1918 / LIVE THOU FOR ENGLAND / WE FOR ENGLAND DIED / (NAMES) / 1939 - 1945 / GREAT WAR / ROLL OF HONOUR/ (NAMES)
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 7 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/24048
Wiltshire Times and Trowbridge Advertiser - Saturday 19 November 1949, pp3, accessed 13/03/2017 from http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001557/19491119/083/0003
Wiltshire Times and Trowbridge Advertiser - Saturday 15 May 1920, pp2, accessed 13/03/2017 from http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001557/19200515/031/0002
War Memorials Online, accessed 21 March 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/131500
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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