Barrow and Willey War Memorial
Willey Park, 1-2 Deancorner, Barrow, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, TF12 5JJ
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1444419
- Date first listed:
- 23-Mar-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Barrow and Willey War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Willey Park, 1-2 Deancorner, Barrow, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, TF12 5JJ
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1444419
- Date first listed:
- 23-Mar-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Barrow and Willey War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Willey Park, 1-2 Deancorner, Barrow, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, TF12 5JJ
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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:
- Willey Park, 1-2 Deancorner, Barrow, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, TF12 5JJ
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Barrow
- National Grid Reference:
- SO6641199654
Summary
A war memorial commemorating the fallen from the villages of Barrow and Willey, Shropshire, placed in the parkland of Willey Hall.
Reasons for Designation
Berrow and Willey War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impacts of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: as an accomplished and well-realised war memorial, which takes the form of a cross and table tomb.
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 war memorial was raised at Barrow 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 at Willey Park was unveiled in November 1920 by the Marquess of Cambridge and dedicated by Revd. Prebendary Bartlett DD, Rural Dean of Wenlock. It was altered after 1945.
Details
A war memorial commemorating the fallen from the villages of Barrow and Willey, Shropshire, placed in the parkland of Willey Hall.
MATERIALS & PLAN: sandstone. A Celtic cross with wheelhead and panelled base placed on a tomb chest with indented corners above a stepped plinth.
DESCRIPTION: The cross head has a central boss from which extend four stylised flower shapes. The plain circlet is set behind the tapered arms of the cross which each have a hollowed panel at their centre. The prominent stepped base is inscribed ‘TO THE / GLORY OF GOD’ and the lid of the tomb chest has a hipped profile. Each side has a shouldered, rectangular panel in relief. That to the south is inscribed ‘THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY / GEORGE 6TH BARON FORESTER / THE IMMORTAL MEMORY OF THOSE OF / THE PARISHES OF WILLEY & BARROW / WHO DIED FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 / 1918’. Below this, on the moulded base of the tomb chest are a crossed rifle and sword with a laurel wreath to the centre. Names of the fallen are inscribed on the sides. To the north side the panel forms the monument to the Second World War and is inscribed ‘ALSO OF / (names of the fallen) / WHEN SHALL THEIR GLORY FADE / 1939 / 1945’.
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, 23 November 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 6 June 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/14031
War Memorials Online, accessed 23 November 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/253704
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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