Hindolveston War Memorial

The Street, Junction with Melton Road, Hindolveston, North Norfolk, NR20 5DD

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First World War memorial. Erected in 1921, to a design by Messrs’ T H Blythe, Foulsham, Norfolk. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1444566
Date first listed:: 20-Apr-2017
List Entry Name:: Hindolveston War Memorial
Statutory Address:: The Street, Junction with Melton Road, Hindolveston, North Norfolk, NR20 5DD

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1444566
Date first listed:: 20-Apr-2017
List Entry Name:: Hindolveston War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: The Street, Junction with Melton Road, Hindolveston, North Norfolk, NR20 5DD

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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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: The Street, Junction with Melton Road, Hindolveston, North Norfolk, NR20 5DD

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

County:: Norfolk
District:: North Norfolk (District Authority)
Parish:: Hindolveston
National Grid Reference:: TG0380029393

Summary

First World War memorial. Erected in 1921, to a design by Messrs’ T H Blythe, Foulsham, Norfolk.

Reasons for Designation

Hindolveston War Memorial, which stands at a road junction in the centre of the village, 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; * Design: a small Celtic cross on a tapering square shaft, designed by Messrs’ T H Blythe of Foulsham; * Group value: with the Grade II houses on The Street.

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 raised at Hindolveston in 1921 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 monument was unveiled on the 19th June 1921, in a ceremony attended by Lord Hastings.

Details

First World War memorial. Erected in 1921, to a design by Messrs’ T H Blythe, Foulsham, Norfolk.

MATERIALS: Carved from limestone.

DESCRIPTION: Hindolveston War Memorial is located on the Street, Hindolveston. It comprises a small Celtic cross sat on a tapering square shaft. The shaft is chamfered from the top with runout and bar stops, and rises from a square plinth on a two stepped base. The top corners of the plinth are decorated with flattened ram’s horn spirals.

The front (south west) face of the plinth is incised TO / THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF THE / MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914 – 18 / THEIR NAME LIVETH / FOR EVERMORE. Two further faces are incised with the names of the Fallen.

The memorial is sat on a raised corner site and is enclosed by a post and chain fence, with a hedge to the rear. The memorial and gravel surround is supported by a flint retaining wall.

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/199612
War Memorials Register, accessed 5 June 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/1318

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.