Habertonford War Memorial
within the churchyard of the Church of St Peter, Harbertonford, Devon, TQ9 7TL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1444746
- Date first listed:
- 08-Jun-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Habertonford War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- within the churchyard of the Church of St Peter, Harbertonford, Devon, TQ9 7TL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1444746
- Date first listed:
- 08-Jun-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Habertonford War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- within the churchyard of the Church of St Peter, Harbertonford, Devon, TQ9 7TL
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.
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:
- within the churchyard of the Church of St Peter, Harbertonford, Devon, TQ9 7TL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- South Hams (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Harberton
- National Grid Reference:
- SX7835056229
Summary
First World War memorial.
Reasons for Designation
Harbertonford War Memorial 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 First World War;
* Architectural interest: it has a simple, yet elegant obelisk design, including an effective use of granite stone;
* Group value: with the Church of St Peter (Grade II).
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 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 Harbertonford 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 war memorial was erected to commemorate the members of the parish who died during the First World War. It was unveiled and dedicated at an open-air service on Friday 1 July 1921.
Details
First World War memorial.
MATERIALS: rough-hewn granite with metal lettering.
DESCRIPTION: the two-tiered square plinth is topped by an obelisk. The S face of the plinth bears the names of the Fallen integrated within a dedication in raised lettering that reads IN GRATEFUL AND/ HONOURED REMEMBRANCE/ OF THOSE FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING AND EMPIRE IN THE/ GREAT WAR, 1914-1918./ (NAMES)/ THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US BOTH BY/ NIGHT AND DAY. 1SAMUEL XXV.16. The memorial is surrounded by a square enclosure of low tubular railings attached to eight small obelisk-shaped granite posts.
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, 25 July 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 3 July 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/98110
War Memorials Register, accessed 25 July 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/26058
Other
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette - Tuesday 28 June 1921
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 is shown coloured blue on the attached map. Pursuant to s1 (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.
Map
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