Benhilton War Memorial
All Saints Church, All Saints Road, Benhilton, Surrey, SM1 3DA
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1445611
- Date first listed:
- 03-Jul-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Benhilton War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- All Saints Church, All Saints Road, Benhilton, Surrey, SM1 3DA
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1445611
- Date first listed:
- 03-Jul-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Benhilton War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- All Saints Church, All Saints Road, Benhilton, Surrey, SM1 3DA
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:
- All Saints Church, All Saints Road, Benhilton, Surrey, SM1 3DA
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Sutton (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ2584865270
Summary
War memorial in the form of a gabled stone cross on a plinth.
Reasons for Designation
Benhilton 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 it made in the First World War;
* Design: as an imposing and dignified 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 the country. 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 Benhilton outside All Saints Church as a permanent testament to the sacrifices made by the members of the local community. It was unveiled circa 1920.
Details
Gabled cross atop a tall shaft, with a (partially eroded) sculpture of Christ, replete with INRI scroll. This rests on a plinth; the front face bears the (partially eroded) inscription: IN MEMORY OF THOSE / WHO FROM / THIS PARISH AND CONGREGATION / LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY / 1914 - 1918 / FOR ALL LIVE UNTO THEE / LUKE XX 38; the right and left faces bear the names of the Fallen. The plinth rests on a 3-step base, the top two tiers of which are octagonal.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 24 November 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 7 March 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/12540
War Memorials Online, accessed 24 November 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/253528
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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