Saintbury War Memorial
Churchyard of the Church of St Nicholas, Saintbury, Gloucestershire, WR12 7PX
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1449581
- Date first listed:
- 01-Sept-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Saintbury War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Churchyard of the Church of St Nicholas, Saintbury, Gloucestershire, WR12 7PX
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1449581
- Date first listed:
- 01-Sept-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Saintbury War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Churchyard of the Church of St Nicholas, Saintbury, Gloucestershire, WR12 7PX
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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:
- Churchyard of the Church of St Nicholas, Saintbury, Gloucestershire, WR12 7PX
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Cotswold (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Saintbury
- National Grid Reference:
- SP1170239463
Summary
A First World War memorial, constructed in 1920, designed by Alec Miller (1879-1961); altered after the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Saintbury War Memorial, constructed in 1920 and designed by Alec Miller, 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:
* For its design, a well-executed stone calvary, by a recognised Arts and Crafts designer.
Group value:
* With the Grade I-listed Church of St Nicholas, in whose churchyard it stands, forming part of a commemorative landscape.
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 750,000 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 Saintbury, 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 set up in a prominent position outside the hilltop Church of St Nicholas (listed Grade I). The memorial is understood to have been designed by Alec Miller (1879-1961). An Arts and Crafts designer, Miller trained as a woodcarver in Glasgow, later joining C R Ashbee’s Guild of Handicraft in 1902, just as it was moving from London to Chipping Campden in Gloucestershire. He stayed in Campden after the failure of the Guild, widening his activities to include carving, sculpting and other elements of design and craftsmanship, in particular portrait sculpture. Miller emigrated to California in 1939.
After the Second World War, the names of a serviceman of the parish who died in that conflict was added to the memorial.
Details
A First World War memorial, constructed in 1920, designed by Alec Miller (1879-1961); altered after the Second World War.
MATERIALS
Local limestone.
DESCRIPTION
The memorial takes the form of a hooded Calvary, set on a sturdy octagonal column, on a square plinth and wider square base, each with shaped corners; on a single-stepped octagonal platform. The plinth is inscribed in a Serif font: IN PERPETUAL MEMORY/ OF/ THOSE WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES AT THE/ CALL OF DUTY IN/ THE WAR FOR GOD/ KING AND COUNTRY/ 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ LOOK FOR THE/ RESURRECTION OF/ THE DEAD AND THE/ LIFE OF THE/ WORLD TO COME/ ALSO/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAME).
Sources
Books and journals
Verey, D, Brooks, A, The Buildings of England Gloucestershire I: The Cotswolds, (2002), 587
Websites
Imperial War Museums UK War Memorials: War memorial – Saintbury (WM-21001), accessed 3 August 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/21001
War Memorials Online Database: Saintbury, St Nicholas war memorial WMO103063, accessed 29 August 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/103063/
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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