Ogbourne St Andrew War Memorial

Road Junction on A346, Ogbourne St Andrew, Wiltshire, SN8 1RZ

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First World War memorial, erected in 1922, with Second World War additions. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1451657
Date first listed:: 30-Jan-2018
List Entry Name:: Ogbourne St Andrew War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Road Junction on A346, Ogbourne St Andrew, Wiltshire, SN8 1RZ

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1451657
Date first listed:: 30-Jan-2018
List Entry Name:: Ogbourne St Andrew War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Road Junction on A346, Ogbourne St Andrew, Wiltshire, SN8 1RZ

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:: Road Junction on A346, Ogbourne St Andrew, Wiltshire, SN8 1RZ

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

District:: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Ogbourne St. Andrew
National Grid Reference:: SU1903072111

Summary

First World War memorial, erected in 1922, with Second World War additions.

Reasons for Designation

Ogbourne St Andrew War Memorial, which is situated at the junction of the A346 trunk road and the main road into the village, 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, rough-hewn granite Latin cross memorial.

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 in Ogbourne St Andrew as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the 13 members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. It was erected in 1922.

Following the Second World War a plaque was added to the memorial recording the names of the two local servicemen who died in that conflict.

Details

First World War memorial, 1922, with Second World War additions.

DESCRIPTION: Ogbourne St Andrew War Memorial is located at the centre of a traffic island at the junction of the A346 trunk road and the main road into the village.

It is sculpted from rough-hewn granite and takes the form of a tall Latin cross rising from an arched plinth, surmounting a two-stepped base of roughly-coursed sarsen stones. The whole stands on an irregular concrete slab set level with the ground.

The main inscription and names are in leaded lettering on a smooth, inset panel to the south-west face of the plinth, TO/ THE MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO/ FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918./ (13 NAMES). The names include their rank and regiment.

A bronze plaque is affixed to the south-east side of the plinth; it is incised with the dates 1939 - 1945 with the two names (including rank, regiment and date of death) of the two casualties from the Second World War.

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 16/05/2018

Sources

Websites
Ogbourne St Andrew, accessed 13 October 2017 from http://www.wiltshire-opc.org.uk/genealogy/index.php/parish-directory/item/147-ogbourne-st-andrew
Ogbourne St Andrew, Maizey and Rockley. Village Design Statement (2004), accessed 13 October 2017 from http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/ogbourne_st_andrew__maizey___rockley_village_design_statement.pdf
War Memorials Online, accessed 13 October 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/241846/
War Memorials Register, accessed 13 October 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/24144

Legal

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