Ketteringham War Memorial

High Street, Ketteringham, Norfolk, NR18 9RU

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Overview

First World War memorial, erected c1920. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1444514
Date first listed:: 09-May-2017
List Entry Name:: Ketteringham War Memorial
Statutory Address:: High Street, Ketteringham, Norfolk, NR18 9RU

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1444514
Date first listed:: 09-May-2017
List Entry Name:: Ketteringham War Memorial
Location Description:
Statutory Address 1:: High Street, Ketteringham, Norfolk, NR18 9RU

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

Statutory Address:: High Street, Ketteringham, Norfolk, NR18 9RU

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Norfolk
District:: South Norfolk (District Authority)
Parish:: Ketteringham
National Grid Reference:: TG1617403354

Summary

First World War memorial, erected c1920.

Reasons for Designation

Kettering War Memorial, erected c1920, 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 sacrifices it made in the First World War;

* Design interest: as an accomplished and well-realised memorial which takes the form of a Celtic wheel-head cross.

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 erected in the Norfolk village of Ketteringham, 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, dating to c1920, was erected on land donated by Sir Maurice Boileau of Ketteringham Hall. It bears no names, but a memorial plaque in the Church of Peter (listed Grade II*) records the seven local men who died.

Details

First World War memorial, erected c1920.

MATERIALS: rock-faced granite.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands in a hedged enclosure on the north side of High Street. It comprises a single-step base, a roughly trapezoidal plinth and a tall shaft which tapers in rectangular section to a Celtic wheel-head cross bearing the relief carving of a Sword of Sacrifice. The south face of the plinth bears the dedicatory inscription in leaded letters and reads: 'TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / AND A MEMORIAL OF THE PART / TAKEN BY / KETTERINGHAM / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919'.

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 Online, accessed 5 June 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/141520
War Memorials Register, accessed 5 June 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/65239

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.