Barnby War Memorial

c80m to the south-west of Barnby Nursery Centre, Swan Lane, Barnby, Suffolk, NR34 7QF

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First World War memorial, with later additions for the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1452378
Date first listed:: 02-Feb-2018
List Entry Name:: Barnby War Memorial
Statutory Address:: c80m to the south-west of Barnby Nursery Centre, Swan Lane, Barnby, Suffolk, NR34 7QF

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1452378
Date first listed:: 02-Feb-2018
List Entry Name:: Barnby War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: c80m to the south-west of Barnby Nursery Centre, Swan Lane, Barnby, Suffolk, NR34 7QF

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:: c80m to the south-west of Barnby Nursery Centre, Swan Lane, Barnby, Suffolk, NR34 7QF

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

County:: Suffolk
District:: East Suffolk (District Authority)
Parish:: Barnby
National Grid Reference:: TM4750789528

Summary

First World War memorial, with later additions for the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Barnby War Memorial, which stands beside the A146, 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 tall war memorial cross in granite, in the manner of a roadside cross.

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 Barnby as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by ten members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. The names of those parishioners who died during the Second World War were subsequently added to the memorial.

Details

The memorial stands in a prominent roadside position, on a triangle of land to the north side of the Beccles Road (A146). It comprises a tall Maltese cross on a rough-hewn, tapering plinth, square on plan, with a two-stepped base. Carved from granite, it stands approximately 3.3m tall within a square enclosure formed by four substantial iron corner posts joined by plain railings.

The main incised inscription begins on the cross shaft, reading TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND, and continues below on the plinth IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ MEN OF BARNBY/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914–1919./ (10 NAMES). A further incised inscription on a square polished granite tablet at the foot of the memorial reads 1939–1945/ (2 NAMES).

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, 27 February 2018.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 27 February 2018 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/255053
War Memorials Register, accessed 13 June 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/4940

Legal

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