Dulwich (St Stephen's) War Memorial

St Stephen's Church, College Road, Dulwich, London, SE21 7HW

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Overview

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

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1449908
Date first listed:: 07-Nov-2017
List Entry Name:: Dulwich (St Stephen's) War Memorial
Statutory Address:: St Stephen's Church, College Road, Dulwich, London, SE21 7HW

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1449908
Date first listed:: 07-Nov-2017
List Entry Name:: Dulwich (St Stephen's) War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: St Stephen's Church, College Road, Dulwich, London, SE21 7HW

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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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: St Stephen's Church, College Road, Dulwich, London, SE21 7HW

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

County:: Greater London Authority
District:: Southwark (London Borough)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: TQ3367672122

Summary

First World War memorial, with later additions for the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Dulwich (St Stephen's) 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 conflicts of the C20; * Architectural interest: as a dignified and imposing Celtic cross war memorial; * Group value: with the Grade II-listed Church of St Stephen.

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, which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss. One such memorial was raised at the Church of Stephen in Dulwich as a permanent testament to the sacrifices made by the members of the local community. Further inscriptions were added after the Second World War to honour the Fallen of that conflict.

Details

Tall wheeled stone cross, decorated with Celtic-style knotwork carvings, forming the top of a rectangular pillar; the front face of this bears the inscription: (cross) / IN PROUD / AND / GRATEFUL / MEMORY / OF / THE MEN / OF THIS / PARISH, WHO / LAID DOWN / THEIR LIVES / IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919. / (cross) / THEIR NAME / SHALL LIVE / FOR / EVERMORE, and the back: 1939 (cross) 1945. This rests on a trapezoidal plinth decorated with Celtic knotwork, which in turn rests on a much larger trapezoidal plinth, all four faces of which bear the names of the Fallen. The whole rests on a two-step base.

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, 22 November 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 22 November 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/255062

Legal

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