Fovant War Memorial

In Front of Fovant Village Hall, Junction of Tisbury Road and Dinton Road, Fovant, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP3 5JT

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First World War memorial with a Second World War addition. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1451739
Date first listed:: 09-Feb-2018
List Entry Name:: Fovant War Memorial
Statutory Address:: In Front of Fovant Village Hall, Junction of Tisbury Road and Dinton Road, Fovant, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP3 5JT

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1451739
Date first listed:: 09-Feb-2018
List Entry Name:: Fovant War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: In Front of Fovant Village Hall, Junction of Tisbury Road and Dinton Road, Fovant, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP3 5JT

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:: In Front of Fovant Village Hall, Junction of Tisbury Road and Dinton Road, Fovant, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP3 5JT

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

District:: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Fovant
National Grid Reference:: SU0035428883

Summary

First World War memorial with a Second World War addition.

Reasons for Designation

Fovant War Memorial, which is situated in front of the village hall at the junction of Tisbury Road and Dinton Road, 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:

* an elegant Latin cross fleurée 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 at Fovant as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the 22 members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. It was presumably erected not long after the end of the conflict, and was in situ by the Ordnance Survey County Series 25in map published in 1925.

Following the Second World War the dates of that conflict were added to the memorial.

Details

First World War memorial with a Second World War addition.

DESCRIPTION: Fovant War Memorial is located in front of the village hall at the junction of Tisbury Road and Dinton Road, close to the centre of the village.

The memorial takes the form of a stone, Latin cross fleurée atop a square, tapering column with a moulded cap and foot. This rises from a square plinth, surmounting a chamfered base.

The plinth carries the inscription and names in incised lettering, painted black. The south-east face of the plinth reads, IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR/ KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ AND/ 1939 - 1945. The 22 names of those who died in the First World War are recorded on the north-east and south-west faces of the plinth.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: The memorial stands within an area of hardstanding bounded by a dwarf stone wall; there is an opening at the south-east side to allow access to the memorial.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 18 October 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/233001/
War Memorials Register, accessed 18 October 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/23930
Other
OS Map 25" (1925 edn)

Legal

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