Hindolveston War Memorial
The Street, Junction with Melton Road, Hindolveston, North Norfolk, NR20 5DD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1444566
- Date first listed:
- 20-Apr-2017
- Statutory Address:
- The Street, Junction with Melton Road, Hindolveston, North Norfolk, NR20 5DD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1444566
- Date first listed:
- 20-Apr-2017
- Statutory Address 1:
- The Street, Junction with Melton Road, Hindolveston, North Norfolk, NR20 5DD
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 Register, accessed 5 June 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/1318
War Memorials Online, accessed 5 June 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/199612
Legal
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.
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