Horsham St Faith War Memorial

St Mary and St Andrew's Churchyard, Church Street, Horsham St Faith, Norfolk

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Overview

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

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1450579
Date first listed:: 30-Oct-2017
List Entry Name:: Horsham St Faith War Memorial
Statutory Address:: St Mary and St Andrew's Churchyard, Church Street, Horsham St Faith, Norfolk

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1450579
Date first listed:: 30-Oct-2017
List Entry Name:: Horsham St Faith War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: St Mary and St Andrew's Churchyard, Church Street, Horsham St Faith, Norfolk

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 Mary and St Andrew's Churchyard, Church Street, Horsham St Faith, Norfolk

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

County:: Norfolk
District:: Broadland (District Authority)
Parish:: Horsham St. Faith and Newton St. Faith
National Grid Reference:: TG2163515086

Summary

First World War memorial with Second World War additions.

Reasons for Designation

Horsham St Faith War Memorial, which is situated in the churchyard at the Church of the Blessed Virgin and St Andrew, 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 wheel-head cross memorial.

Group value:

* With the Grade I-listed Church of the Blessed Virgin and St Andrew and the adjacent Grade II-listed buildings, which includes the village hall.

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 Horsham St Faith as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.

Like many Norfolk war memorials, the example at Horsham St Faith is situated within the churchyard. The memorial was presumably erected not long after the end of the First World War, and commemorates the 28 local servicemen from Horsham St Faith and Newton St Faith who died in that conflict.

Following the Second World War, the names of the three casualties from that conflict were added to the memorial. The section of churchyard wall in front of the memorial was lowered at some point after 1933 to allow for the memorial to be viewed from the road.

Details

First World War memorial with Second World War additions.

DESCRIPTION: Horsham St Faith War Memorial is located in the churchyard to the east of the Grade I-listed Church of the Blessed Virgin and St Andrew. To the opposite side of the road are several Grade II-listed buildings, which includes the village hall.

It takes the form of a tall, polished grey granite wheel-head cross rising from a four-sided, tapering plinth with moulded cap. This surmounts a square, stone base.

The plinth carries the inscription and names in leaded lettering. The inscription is to the south face and reads: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN EVER AFFECTIONATE AND GRATEFUL/ REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF HORSHAM ST FAITH’S/ AND NEWTON ST FAITH’S WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR US/ AND OUR HOMES DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918. The 28 names are recorded below the inscription and to the east and west faces of the plinth. The three names related to the Second World War are also to the west face under the dates 1939 - 1945.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 12 September 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/210457/

Legal

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