Tockenham War Memorial

c24m to the north-west of 12, Primrose Hill, Primrose Hill, Tockenham, WIltshire, SN4 7PF

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First World War memorial cross. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1451063
Date first listed:: 08-Nov-2017
List Entry Name:: Tockenham War Memorial
Statutory Address:: c24m to the north-west of 12, Primrose Hill, Primrose Hill, Tockenham, WIltshire, SN4 7PF

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1451063
Date first listed:: 08-Nov-2017
List Entry Name:: Tockenham War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: c24m to the north-west of 12, Primrose Hill, Primrose Hill, Tockenham, WIltshire, SN4 7PF

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:: c24m to the north-west of 12, Primrose Hill, Primrose Hill, Tockenham, WIltshire, SN4 7PF

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

District:: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Tockenham
National Grid Reference:: SU0377680603

Summary

First World War memorial cross.

Reasons for Designation

Tockenham War Memorial, which stands in a roadside location at Tockenham Corner, 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 First World War;

Architectural interest:

* a finely-carved wheel-head cross, in the Celtic style and with a reversed sword symbol, with a monumental base and associated enclosure wall; * unusually, the memorial has not been adapted for Second World War commemoration, and thus retains its original design intent.

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: therefore the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.

One such memorial was erected at Tockenham as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by six members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. As well as those who died, the memorial also marks the service of 10 men who returned.

Details

The memorial stands at the northern end of Primrose Hill, to the south of the A3102. Facing south, the memorial comprises a short finely-carved granite wheel-head cross in the Celtic style. The front of the cross is decorated with a relief-carved reversed sword. The cross stands on a rough-hewn plinth, square on plan, with a recessed panel on the front bearing the inscription.

The plinth rises from a tall and wide five-stepped stone base. The whole stands on a paved area that is enclosed to the rear by a coped rubble-stone wall. Each end of the wall finishes with a slightly lower pier in dressed stone, also coped.

The inscription to the front face of the plinth, in incised lettering painted black, reads 1914 – 1918/ (6 NAMES)/ ALSO SERVED/ (10 NAMES). The six names of the men who died are enclosed by a rectangle defined by incised and black-painted lines.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 25 May 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/158248
War Memorials Register, accessed 25 May 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/3092

Legal

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