Rake War Memorial
Rake Village Hall, Brewells Lane, Rake, Hampshire, GU33 7JA
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1448053
- Date first listed:
- 20-Jul-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Rake War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Rake Village Hall, Brewells Lane, Rake, Hampshire, GU33 7JA
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1448053
- Date first listed:
- 20-Jul-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Rake War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Rake Village Hall, Brewells Lane, Rake, Hampshire, GU33 7JA
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:
- Rake Village Hall, Brewells Lane, Rake, Hampshire, GU33 7JA
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hampshire
- District:
- East Hampshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Liss
- National Park:
- South Downs
- National Grid Reference:
- SU8036027901
Summary
First World War memorial, dedicated 1921, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Rake War Memorial, which stands outside Rake Village Hall, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Historic interest:
* As an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this local community, and the sacrifice it has made in the conflicts of the C20.
Architectural interest:
* A simple yet dignified stone memorial cross.
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 Rake 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 memorial was originally erected outside the village church, where a dedication service was held in 1921. A dedication to mark the Second World War was added after that conflict. In 2009 the Parochial Church Council arranged the relocation of the memorial about 400m to the north-east, to the village hall, following the redundancy of the church and its conversion to private housing.
Details
DETAILS: The memorial is located opposite the east facing entrance of Rake Village Hall (unlisted), standing within a small enclosure on the grass verge.
The memorial takes the form of a plain stone Latin cross raised on a tapering plinth, standing on a chamfered base, square on plan. It measures approximately 2.4m in height. The front (west-facing) side of the plinth bears the principal dedicatory inscription which reads, from the plinth to the base, TO OUR/ GLORIOUS DEAD/ 1914 - 1918/ &/ 1939 – 1945.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: The memorial is set in a square stone-paved enclosure* with three dwarf brick walls* to the north, east and south sides. Four stone steps* lead up to the memorial on the west facing side.
* Pursuant to s1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’) it is declared that these aforementioned features are not of special architectural or historic interest.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 22 May 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/40365
War Memorials Online, accessed 20 May 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/198088
Other
Order of service for dedication of war memorial at Rake church, 1921 [West Sussex Record Office, PAR 139/4/29]
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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