Corsham War Memorial
Junction of Pickwick Road and Lacock Road, Corsham, Wiltshire, S13 9HR
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1447301
- Date first listed:
- 15-Jun-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Corsham War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Junction of Pickwick Road and Lacock Road, Corsham, Wiltshire, S13 9HR
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1447301
- Date first listed:
- 15-Jun-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Corsham War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Junction of Pickwick Road and Lacock Road, Corsham, Wiltshire, S13 9HR
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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:
- Junction of Pickwick Road and Lacock Road, Corsham, Wiltshire, S13 9HR
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Corsham
- National Grid Reference:
- ST8729770203
Summary
A war memorial cenotaph of 1921 date.
Reasons for Designation
Corsham 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 sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: a well-crafted cenotaph in dressed Bath stone;
* Degree of survival: the structure is unaltered;
* Group value: on a prominent road junction close to listed buildings including The Hungerford Almshouses (Grade I), and is within the Registered Park and Garden of Corsham Court (Grade II*).
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 Corsham 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 men of Corsham who fell in the First World War was unveiled on 30 January 1921. The names of the fallen in the Second World War were added later.
Details
A war memorial cenotaph of 1921 date.
MATERIALS: dressed Bath stone.
DESCRIPTION: a cenotaph on a three-stepped square base and plinth. There are moulded panels with a wreath detail above to the front and side faces of the cenotaph. Above the panels is a band, inscribed to the front: DUTY NOBLY DONE. Above the band are bronze eagle wings to the front and bronze crossed rifles and helmet to the sides. The front panel is inscribed: THIS MEMORIAL/ IS ERECTED/ BY THE INHABITANTS/ OF CORSHAM TO BE A/ PERMANENT TOKEN/ OF THEIR GRATITUDE/ TO ALL WHO DIED FOR/ THEM IN THE WAR OF/ 1914 - 1918/ AND ESPECIALLY THE/ MEN OF CORSHAM/ NAMED HEREON. The plinth below is inscribed: ALSO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ AND IN OTHER THEATRES OF WAR. The panels and plinth to the sides are inscribed with the names of the fallen.
The cenotaph stands next to a memorial garden.
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, 3 July 2017.
Sources
Books and journals
Henderson, P, 100 Years in Corsham Parish, (1995), 41
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 8 Mary 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/24014
War Memorials Online, accessed 3 July 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/100115
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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