South Newton War Memorial
St Andrew's Churchyard, Warminster Road, South Newton, Wiltshire, SP2 0QD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1451764
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jan-2018
- List Entry Name:
- South Newton War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- St Andrew's Churchyard, Warminster Road, South Newton, Wiltshire, SP2 0QD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1451764
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jan-2018
- List Entry Name:
- South Newton War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- St Andrew's Churchyard, Warminster Road, South Newton, Wiltshire, SP2 0QD
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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 Andrew's Churchyard, Warminster Road, South Newton, Wiltshire, SP2 0QD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- South Newton
- National Grid Reference:
- SU0873434289
Summary
First World War memorial with Second World War additions.
Reasons for Designation
South Newton war memorial, which is situated in St Andrew’s 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 conflicts of the C20.
Architectural interest:
* a well-executed wheel-head cross memorial.
Group value:
* with the Grade II listed Church of St Andrew.
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 South Newton as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the eight 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 First World War, and was in-situ by the Ordnance Survey County Series 25in map published in 1925.
The names of the four parishioners who fell during the Second World War were subsequently added to the memorial.
Details
First World War memorial with Second World War additions.
DESCRIPTION: South Newton war memorial is located close to the western boundary of the churchyard of the Grade II listed Church of St Andrew.
It takes the form of a stone, wheel-head cross which surmounts a tapering, square column with moulded cap and foot. This rises from a four-sided plinth upon a two-stepped, square base. The plinth carries the inscriptions and names in incised lettering.
INSCRIPTION: the principal inscription is to the west face of the plinth and reads: IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO/ FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ (8 NAMES).
A further inscription on the west face of the top step of the base reads: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE/ LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
The Second World War dedication is to the south face of the plinth and reads, 1939 - 1945/ (4 NAMES).
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 19 October 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/24121
War Memorials Online, accessed 19 October 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/226263/
Sedgwick, C, South Newton War Memorial, (2015), accessed 19 October 2017 from http://www.wiltshire-opc.org.uk/Items/South%20Newton/South%20Newton%20-%20War%20Memorial.pdf
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.
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