Bransgore War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1451119
- Date first listed:
- 09-Jan-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Bransgore War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1451119
- Date first listed:
- 09-Jan-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Bransgore War Memorial
- Location Description:
- Junction of Ringwood Road and Burley Road, Bransgore, New Forest BH23 8AA
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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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hampshire
- District:
- New Forest (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bransgore
- National Park:
- New Forest
- National Grid Reference:
- SZ1885997899
Summary
First World War memorial cross, c1920.
Reasons for Designation
The Bransgore War Memorial, c1920, is listed at Grade II, for the following principal reasons:
Historic interest:
* as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it has made in the conflicts of the C20.
Architectural interest:
* it is a dignified design, well-executed construction which survives well.
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.
The memorial at Bransgore is one such example, which was raised as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by those who lost their lives in the conflict. In common with other First World War memorials, it was added to following the Second World War.
Details
First World War memorial cross, c1920.
MATERIALS: constructed from granite.
DESCRIPTION: a roughly-hewn Celtic cross on a tapering square shaft and plinth with a stepped base. There are indented, polished panels on the north, east and west faces of the plinth, inscribed with applied lead lettering; the north states ERECTED BY THE / INHABITANTS OF BRANSGORE / TO THE MEMORY OF / THOSE MEN OF THE PARISH / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR FRIENDS / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-18. / “THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE” / ALSO THOSE WHO MADE THE GREAT / SACRIFICE IN THE 1939-1945 WAR. The panels on either side are inscribed with the names of the 23 fallen soldiers, and the base step bears the names of those who died in the Second World War.
Sources
Websites
Imperial War Museums, Bransgore, accessed 27 September 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/21364
War Memorials Online, Bransgore, accessed 27 September 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/102708/
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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