Little Plumstead War Memorial
St Gervase and St Protase Churchyard, Hospital Road, Little Plumstead, Norfolk
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1451404
- Date first listed:
- 02-Nov-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Little Plumstead War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- St Gervase and St Protase Churchyard, Hospital Road, Little Plumstead, Norfolk
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1451404
- Date first listed:
- 02-Nov-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Little Plumstead War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- St Gervase and St Protase Churchyard, Hospital Road, Little Plumstead, 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:
- St Gervase and St Protase Churchyard, Hospital Road, Little Plumstead, Norfolk
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- Broadland (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Great and Little Plumstead
- National Grid Reference:
- TG3073210857
Summary
First World War memorial, 1920.
Reasons for Designation
Little Plumstead War Memorial, which is situated in St Gervase and St Protase 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:
* a well-executed wheel-head cross memorial.
Group value:
* with the Grade II*-listed Church of St Gervase and Protase.
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 Little Plumstead 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, this example at Little Plumstead is situated within the parish churchyard. The memorial was erected in 1920 and commemorates 13 local servicemen who died in the First World War.
Details
First World War memorial, 1920.
DESCRIPTION: Little Plumstead war memorial is located in the churchyard, adjacent to the Grade II*-listed Church of St Gervase and Protase, south of the tower.
It is of rough-hewn grey granite and takes the form of a wheel-head cross, with an inverted sword of sacrifice carved in relief to the cross-head and shaft. The sword has a trefoil design to the pommel and the cross-guard. The shaft rises from a tapering, four-sided plinth surmounting a single-stepped base. The plinth carries the inscription and names in leaded lettering.
The inscription reads, IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ (13 NAMES)/ “THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE”.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 06 October 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/19807
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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