Pimlico (St Barnabas) War Memorial
St Barnabas Church, St Barnabas Street, London, SW1W 8PF
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1445892
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jun-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Pimlico (St Barnabas) War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- St Barnabas Church, St Barnabas Street, London, SW1W 8PF
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1445892
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jun-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Pimlico (St Barnabas) War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- St Barnabas Church, St Barnabas Street, London, SW1W 8PF
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:
- St Barnabas Church, St Barnabas Street, London, SW1W 8PF
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- City of Westminster (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ2841078429
Summary
War memorial in the form of a statue of Mary with the infant Christ set on a plinth, situated in a platformed area with stepped backing wall.
Reasons for Designation
Pimlico (St Barnabas) 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 attractive war memorial with a well executed sculpture of Mary with the infant Christ;
* Group value: with the Grade I-listed St Barnabas Church and Grade II-listed Parsonage and Gateway.
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 Pimlico at St Barnabas Church as a permanent testament to the sacrifices made by the members of the local community.
Details
Statue of a robed Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ, his arms outstretched; both have halos. This stands atop an octagonal pillar which rests on a half-octagon plinth, the faces of which are decorated with quatrefoils. The plinth stands on a platformed area, replete with a tiered backing wall. The uppermost section, behind the pillar, has two panels bearing (badly eroded) inscriptions, which are designed to be read together. It reads: ? lives | to Almighty God / ? vouchsafed | to us in the war of / 1914 - 1918 and to the | sacred memory of those / connected with this | Church and Parish / who suffered and gave | their lives in the cause | of justice liberty and truth this figure of / ? Love is dedicated | ?.
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 15 March 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/193036
War Memorials Register, accessed 25 July 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/11575
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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