Hinton Martell War Memorial

St John the Evangelist churchyard, Village Street, Hinton Martell, Dorset

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First World War memorial with a later addition for the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1449857
Date first listed:: 18-Oct-2017
List Entry Name:: Hinton Martell War Memorial
Statutory Address:: St John the Evangelist churchyard, Village Street, Hinton Martell, Dorset

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1449857
Date first listed:: 18-Oct-2017
List Entry Name:: Hinton Martell War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: St John the Evangelist churchyard, Village Street, Hinton Martell, Dorset

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: St John the Evangelist churchyard, Village Street, Hinton Martell, Dorset

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Dorset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Hinton
National Grid Reference:: SU0141106167

Summary

First World War memorial with a later addition for the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Hinton Martell War Memorial which is situated in the churchyard of St John the Evangelist, 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-executed lantern cross memorial with fine sculptural details;

* designed by the renowned architect and stained glass designer Frederick Charles Eden.

Group value:

* with the Grade II-listed Church of St John the Evangelist.

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 Hinton Martell as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the 17 members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. It was presumably erected not long after the end of the war and is thought to have been designed by the architect Frederick Charles Eden.

Following the Second World War, a dedication was added to commemorate the one fallen of that conflict.

Frederick Charles Eden FRIBA FSA (1864-1944), architect and stained glass designer, joined William Butterfield’s office following his education at Wellington College, and Keble College, Oxford. He was articled to Bodley and Garner in 1889. In private practice in London from 1890, he was responsible for the design of a number of war memorials, some of which are windows but include lych gates (such as that at the listed Grade II Crudwell Parish Church) and free-standing crosses such as the Grade II-listed examples at Weybourne, (Norfolk), All Saints’ Church, Clifton (Bristol), and East Bergholt (Suffolk).

Details

First World War memorial with a later addition for the Second World War.

DESCRIPTION: Hinton Martell War Memorial is located on the edge of the churchyard to the south of the Grade II-listed Church of St John the Evangelist, close to the main road through the village.

It is of Chilmark stone and takes the form of a lantern cross with a niche to the westward face containing a carved representation of the Virgin Mary cradling the body of Jesus. The lantern has a gabled roof and a carving in relief to the apex above the arched niche. It has a wide octagonal shaft, which has alternating fleur-de-lys and circular flowers carved in relief down the shaft to every other face. This rises from a square plinth with chamfered top surmounting a splayed base.

The First World War inscription is to the west face of the plinth and reads THE GALLANT DEAD/ A 1914 – 1918 D/ R I P. The names of those who died are listed on the remaining three faces of the plinth. Beneath the inscription, to the west face of the base, is the Second World War dedication 1939 – 1945/ (NAME). All lettering is incised.

The memorial stands on a small, square area of paving.

Sources

Websites
Archives Hub, V&A Archive of Art and Design, accessed 01 August 2016 from http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb73-aad/2013/5
War Memorials Online, accessed 11 August 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/97549
War Memorials Register, accessed 11 August 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/26637

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.