Plumpton Green War Memorial

All Saints Church, Station Road, Plumpton Green, BN7 3BU

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Overview

A stone war memorial of 1920, within the churchyard of All Saints Church, Plumpton Green, West Sussex. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1449968
Date first listed:: 20-Dec-2017
List Entry Name:: Plumpton Green War Memorial
Statutory Address:: All Saints Church, Station Road, Plumpton Green, BN7 3BU

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1449968
Date first listed:: 20-Dec-2017
List Entry Name:: Plumpton Green War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: All Saints Church, Station Road, Plumpton Green, BN7 3BU

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:: All Saints Church, Station Road, Plumpton Green, BN7 3BU

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

County:: East Sussex
District:: Lewes (District Authority)
Parish:: Plumpton
National Grid Reference:: TQ3639016847

Summary

A stone war memorial of 1920, within the churchyard of All Saints Church, Plumpton Green, West Sussex.

Reasons for Designation

Plumpton Green War Memorial, in the churchyard of All Saints Church, of 1920 is listed at Grade II, for the following principal reasons:

Historic interest:

* an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this part of the community, and the sacrifice it made in the First and Second World Wars.

Architectural interest:

* a simple but poignant war memorial created from good quality materials.

Group value:

* with the adjacent memorial lychgate (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 Plumpton Green, as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.It was unveiled by Colonel H I Powell-Edwards D.S.O. (Distinguished Service Order). The service took place on the 12 December 1920, and the Reverend Teesdale W Cockell officiated. The memorial was built and erected by Messrs Bridgeman of Lewes. It is unusual in that it records the name of a servicewoman; Staff Nurse M Rodwell, who died when the Hospital Ship Anglia was mined in the English Channel on 17 November 1915. Two further names of the fallen were added after the Second World War.

Details

A stone war memorial, 1920, within the churchyard of All Saints Church, Plumpton Green.

MATERIALS: grey granite.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands outside the southern entrance to All Saints Church. The base is octagonal and it stands on two octagonal steps. An octagonal shaft rises from a collar on the base to form a cross which is also octagonal in profile. The front face of the cross has a sword of sacrifice carved in relief. The names of the fallen, 28 from the First World War and two from the Second World War, are recorded in metal letters which are attached to the stone base. The steps also carry metal letters with the motto SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY/ OF THOSE OF/ THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIEND

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, 11 January 2018.

Sources

Websites
Imperial War Museum, accessed 18/8/2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/17170
Sussex Roll of Honour Website, accessed 18/8/2017 from http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Sussex/PlumptonGreen.html
War Memorials Online, accessed 11 January 2018 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/255052

Legal

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