Sutton in the Isle War Memorial
St Andrew's Churchyard, High Street, Sutton, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2RB
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1445139
- Date first listed:
- 06-Apr-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Sutton in the Isle War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- St Andrew's Churchyard, High Street, Sutton, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2RB
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1445139
- Date first listed:
- 06-Apr-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Sutton in the Isle War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- St Andrew's Churchyard, High Street, Sutton, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2RB
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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:
- St Andrew's Churchyard, High Street, Sutton, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2RB
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Cambridgeshire
- District:
- East Cambridgeshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Sutton
- National Grid Reference:
- TL4483078954
Summary
First World War memorial. Built in 1921, to the design of the architect R Wade.
Reasons for Designation
Sutton in the Isle War Memorial, which stands in the churchyard of St Andrew’s Church, 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: an elegant Latin stone cross set atop a lantern on a tall limestone shaft;
* Group value: with the Grade I listed St Andrew’s Church and Grade II houses on High 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 erected in the churchyard of St Andrew’s Church, Sutton in the Isle in 1921. The memorial was unveiled and dedicated by the Bishop of Ely on 28th January 1921. The ceremony was attended by Captain Colin Reith Coote DSO MP.
Details
First World War memorial. Built in 1921, to the design of the architect R Wade.
MATERIALS: limestone.
DESCRIPTION: the war memorial comprises a Latin cross surmounting a lantern, set atop a tapering octagonal limestone shaft. The four faces of the lantern are formed by geometric triangular trefoils surmounted by fleur de lis. The shaft sits on a square plinth with flared pilasters at each corner, and moulded footings. The base is formed by three steps sat within a small square garden.
The west face of the plinth is inscribed IN / GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF / THIS VILLAGE/ WHO LAID / DOWN THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE / GREAT WARS / 1914 – 1918 / 1939 – 1945. The base below is inscribed THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. Other faces of the plinth are inscribed with the names of the Fallen.
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, 6 June 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 6 June 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/3568
War Memorials Online, accessed 6 June 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/135515
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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