Clapton War Memorial
Opposite Village Hall, Zion Hill, Clapton, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 4DY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1445599
- Date first listed:
- 03-May-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Clapton War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Opposite Village Hall, Zion Hill, Clapton, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 4DY
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1445599
- Date first listed:
- 03-May-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Clapton War Memorial
- Location Description:
- BA3 4DY
- Statutory Address 1:
- Opposite Village Hall, Zion Hill, Clapton, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 4DY
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:
- Opposite Village Hall, Zion Hill, Clapton, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 4DY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Ston Easton
- National Grid Reference:
- ST6411753452
Summary
A stone war memorial of 1920s date.
Reasons for Designation
Clapton War Memorial, Somerset, 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;
* Architectural interest: a well-crafted cross design in dressed stone.
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 Clapton 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 to members of the village who served, and those who fell, in the First World War was erected in the 1920s. It is shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1930. Following the Second World War, those who served and fell in that conflict were also commemorated.
Details
A war memorial cross of 1920s date.
MATERIALS: of stone, coarsely dressed to the base and plinth and ashlar to the shaft and cross.
DESCRIPTION: this war memorial cross is on a rectangular base and sloping plinth. The square shaft is surmounted by a plain Latin cross. The front (west) face of the plinth has a copper plaque inscribed: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE/ WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ KILLED IN ACTION/ (NAMES)/ THESE RETURNED/ (NAMES). Below is another copper plaque, inscribed: 1939 - 1945/ KILLED IN ACTION/ (NAME)/ THESE RETURNED/ (NAMES).
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, 24 November 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 6 June 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/24558
War Memorials Online, accessed 24 November 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/253703
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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