Kettlestone War Memorial
All Saints Churchyard, The Street, Kettlestone, Norfolk
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1451112
- Date first listed:
- 07-Nov-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Kettlestone War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- All Saints Churchyard, The Street, Kettlestone, Norfolk
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1451112
- Date first listed:
- 07-Nov-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Kettlestone War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- All Saints Churchyard, The Street, Kettlestone, Norfolk
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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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- All Saints Churchyard, The Street, Kettlestone, Norfolk
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- North Norfolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Kettlestone
- National Grid Reference:
- TF9676331698
Summary
First World War memorial.
Reasons for Designation
Kettlestone War Memorial, which is situated in All Saints’ churchyard, 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:
* an elegant Latin cross fleurée memorial.
Group Value:
* with the Grade II*-listed Church of All Saints.
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 Kettlestone 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 in Kettlestone, is situated within the churchyard. The memorial was presumably erected not long after the end of the First World War and commemorates the eight local servicemen who died in that conflict.
Details
First World War memorial.
DESCRIPTION: Kettlestone War Memorial is located in the churchyard to the south-west corner of the Grade II*-listed Church of All Saints, adjacent to the entrance porch.
It takes the form of a tall, limestone, Latin cross fleurée rising from a four-sided, tapering plinth. The plinth has a cap which is gabled to each side with a cornice beneath and stands on a moulded foot. The whole surmounts a three-stepped base.
The inscription is to the south face of the plinth and reads: FOR/ GOD AND KING/ AND COUNTRY/ TO THE IMMORTAL/ MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF/ KETTLESTONE/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR. The eight names of those who died (including their date of death) are recorded on the east and west faces of the plinth. All lettering is incised.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 28 September 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/20102
War Memorials Online, accessed 28 September 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/145379/
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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