Nordelph War Memorial
Nordelph War Memorial, Outside Village Hall, Birchfield Road, Nordelph, Norfolk, PE38 0BP
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1444680
- Date first listed:
- 04-Apr-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Nordelph War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Nordelph War Memorial, Outside Village Hall, Birchfield Road, Nordelph, Norfolk, PE38 0BP
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1444680
- Date first listed:
- 04-Apr-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Nordelph War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Nordelph War Memorial, Outside Village Hall, Birchfield Road, Nordelph, Norfolk, PE38 0BP
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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:
- Nordelph War Memorial, Outside Village Hall, Birchfield Road, Nordelph, Norfolk, PE38 0BP
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Nordelph
- National Grid Reference:
- TF5597200939
Summary
First World War memorial, with later additions for the Second World War. Erected in 1923. Architect unknown.
Reasons for Designation
Nordelph War Memorial, which stands in front of Nordelph Village Hall, 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 conflicts of the C20;
* Design: a rough-hewn Celtic Cross, with carved sword of sacrifice, loosely derived from the architect Sir Reginald Blomfield’s Cross of Sacrifice for the Imperial (now Commonwealth) War Graves Commission.
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 at Nordelph as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. Funded by public subscription, it was situated on land gifted by A H Worth. It was unveiled, and dedicated by the Reverend Dr E E Bradford DD, in 1923.
The war memorial was restored in 2016, funded by the War Memorials Trust.
Details
First World War memorial, with later additions for the Second World War. Erected in 1923. Architect unknown.
MATERIALS: Carved from grey granite.
DESCRIPTION: Nordelph War Memorial is located in front of Nordelph Village Hall, Birchfield Road, Nordelph, Norfolk. It is prominently situated, inside an enclosure, standing before the village hall, which is set back slightly from the road. It comprises a circa 1.5m high rough-hewn Celtic cross, with carved sword of sacrifice to the face, on a plinth with single-stepped base. The lower part of the shaft, and the plinth, bear the inscriptions in leaded lettering. The whole is within a kerbed enclosure bounded by seven posts connected by chains.
The inscription is in leaded and blacked lettering and reads (plinth) THEY DIED THAT / WE MIGHT LIVE / 1914 – 1918 / (NAMES) // (shaft) 1939 – 1945 / (NAME).
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/67685
War Memorials Online, accessed 5 June 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/223737
Details of the War Memorials Trust funded restoration, accessed 21 March 2017 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=1397
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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