Tooting (All Saints) War Memorial

All Saints Church, Brudenell Road, Tooting, London, SW17 8DQ

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Overview

War memorial in the form of a gabled cross set on a multi-tiered plinth. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1445509
Date first listed:: 05-Apr-2017
List Entry Name:: Tooting (All Saints) War Memorial
Statutory Address:: All Saints Church, Brudenell Road, Tooting, London, SW17 8DQ

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1445509
Date first listed:: 05-Apr-2017
List Entry Name:: Tooting (All Saints) War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: All Saints Church, Brudenell Road, Tooting, London, SW17 8DQ

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:: All Saints Church, Brudenell Road, Tooting, London, SW17 8DQ

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

County:: Greater London Authority
District:: Wandsworth (London Borough)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: TQ2821471741

Summary

War memorial in the form of a gabled cross set on a multi-tiered plinth.

Reasons for Designation

Tooting (All Saints) 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 the local community, and the sacrifices they made in the First World War; * Design: as a dignified and imposing gabled cross war memorial; * Group value: with the Grade II-listed All Saints Church.

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: therefore the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.

One such memorial was raised in Tooting at All Saints Church as a permanent testament to the sacrifices made by the members of the local community. It was erected circa 1920. The original plaques were stolen circa 2010-11 and later replaced.

Details

Tall octagonal stone shaft surmounted by a gabled cross. This rests on a plinth, each face of which bears a decorated shield representing the Instruments of the Passion. They are - front: the Cross; right: IOS (an ancient term denoting Christ); back: the pillar and whips, representing the Flagellation of Christ; and left: the ladder of the Deposition, with crossing Holy Sponge and Holy Lance. The plinth rests on a three-tiered platform - the top a square and the middle and bottom both octagons. The bottom tier contains four sloping steps, in line with the shields on the plinth, each bearing a wooden panel bearing the names of the Fallen. The back panel also bears the inscription: To the Glory of God and in Ever Grateful / Memory of the Men of this Church and Parish / Who Fighting in Many Lands in the Great War / Passed on Through Death to the Life Beyond.

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 Online, accessed 6 June 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/175900
War Memorials Register, accessed 6 June 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/12488

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.