Stepney War Memorial
Churchyard of the Church of St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, London, E1 0NR
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1444026
- Date first listed:
- 20-Apr-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Stepney War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Churchyard of the Church of St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, London, E1 0NR
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1444026
- Date first listed:
- 20-Apr-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Stepney War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Churchyard of the Church of St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, London, E1 0NR
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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:
- Churchyard of the Church of St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, London, E1 0NR
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Tower Hamlets (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ3593581577
Summary
First World War memorial.
Reasons for Designation
Stepney War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this local community, and the sacrifice it has made in the First World War;
* Design: as a simple yet dignified wheel-head cross war memorial;
* Group value: with the Grade I-listed Church of St Dunstan and All Saints and the Grade II-listed iron railings and gates.
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 in Stepney outside the Church of St Dunstan and All Saints as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.
Details
The memorial is located next to the path leading to the W entrance to the church.
The granite Celtic wheel-head cross, decorated with Celtic style knot-work, rises from a tapering plinth, which stands on a raised stone platform surrounded by railings. The front face of the plinth bears the inscription IN / GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH / AND PARISH / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 / AND WHOSE NAMES ARE / RECORDED WITHIN THIS CHURCH / R.I.P.
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 5 June 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 5 June 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/18090
War Memorials Online, accessed 5 June 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/105878
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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