Bolventor War Memorial and dwarf walls
Bolventor, Launceston, Cornwall
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1452056
- Date first listed:
- 13-Dec-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Bolventor War Memorial and dwarf walls
- Statutory Address:
- Bolventor, Launceston, Cornwall
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1452056
- Date first listed:
- 13-Dec-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Bolventor War Memorial and dwarf walls
- Statutory Address 1:
- Bolventor, Launceston, Cornwall
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.
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:
- Bolventor, Launceston, Cornwall
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Altarnun
- National Grid Reference:
- SX1834776738
Summary
First World War memorial, erected probably in the 1920s.
Reasons for Designation
Bolventor War Memorial 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 local community, and the sacrifice it has made in the conflicts of the C20.
Architectural interest:
* its well-executed and sombre design is fitting for a memorial structure.
Group value:
* with the Grade-II listed Jamaica Inn which was made famous by the Daphne du Maurier novel of the same name.
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, both as a result of the huge impact the loss of three quarters of a million British lives had on communities and 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 erected in the village of Bolventor, probably during the 1920s, to commemorate three local men lost their lives during the First World War and to also honour those who served in this conflict.
Details
First World War memorial, erected probably in the 1920s.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial is prominently situated in the village, standing opposite the Grade II-listed Jamaica Inn. It comprises a two-stepped, square base, a tall plinth with chamfered capping stone and a tapering shaft rising to a wheel-head cross. The lower part of the shaft is inscribed: 1914-1918, and the front (north-west) face of the plinth carries the inscription in black lettering: ERECTED,/ BY THE/ INHABITANTS AND FRIENDS/ OF BOLVENTOR/ TO THE SACRED MEMORY OF THE FALLEN/ AND IN HONOUR/ OF ALL THOSE WHO SERVED/ FROM THE PARISH/ THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES,/ FOR/ KING AND COUNTRY/ (NAMES of the Fallen)/ RIP. The sides of the plinth each carry the inscription: HONOURABLE SERVICE and records the names of those who served and returned.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: the memorial stands within a small Remembrance garden which is bounded by dwarf walls of stone rubble to the sides and rear.
Pursuant to s1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’) it is declared that the modern post and chain-link fencing is not of special architectural or historic interest and is not included in the listing.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 10 January 2018.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register - Bolventor Cross, accessed 31 October 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/26129
Bolventor, accessed 31 October 2017 from http://www.cornwallswarhistory.co.uk/maps/war-memorials-2/bolventor/
War Memorials Online, accessed 10 January 2018 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/255058
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
The listed building(s) is/are shown coloured blue on the attached map. Pursuant to s1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’), structures attached to or within the curtilage of the listed building (save those coloured blue on the map) are not to be treated as part of the listed building for the purposes of the Act.
Map
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