Creeting St Peter War Memorial
St Peter's Churchyard, Off Mill Lane, Creeting St Peter, Suffolk
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1452582
- Date first listed:
- 02-Feb-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Creeting St Peter War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- St Peter's Churchyard, Off Mill Lane, Creeting St Peter, Suffolk
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1452582
- Date first listed:
- 02-Feb-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Creeting St Peter War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- St Peter's Churchyard, Off Mill Lane, Creeting St Peter, Suffolk
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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:
- St Peter's Churchyard, Off Mill Lane, Creeting St Peter, Suffolk
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- Mid Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Creeting St. Peter
- National Grid Reference:
- TM0807057677
Summary
First World War memorial, unveiled on 14 November 1920.
Reasons for Designation
Creeting St Peter War Memorial, which is situated in St Peter’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 has made in the First World War.
Architectural interest:
* a well-executed wheel-head cross memorial carved from rough-hewn granite.
Group value:
* with the Grade I-listed Church of St Peter.
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 Creeting St Peter as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the six members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. It was unveiled on 14 November 1920 by Lieutenant-Colonel Wylde.
Following the Second World War, a dedication to the two local servicemen who died in that conflict was recorded on a small granite flower vase placed in front of the memorial cross.
Details
First World War memorial, 1920.
DESCRIPTION: Creeting St Peter War Memorial is located in the churchyard to the south of the Church of St Peter (Grade I-listed).
The memorial is of rough-hewn, grey Cornish granite and comprises a wheel-head cross rising from a tapering plinth, which surmounts a single-step stone base.
The inscriptions and names are in leaded lettering to the east face of the cross shaft and plinth, set within smooth recessed panels. The panel to the base of the shaft reads, TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF, the inscription is then continued on the panel directly below to the plinth and reads, THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ (6 NAMES)/ FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH.
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 Register, accessed 16 November 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/4733
Roll of Honour, accessed 16 November 2017 from http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Suffolk/CreetingStPeter.html
War Memorials Online, accessed 27 February 2018 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/256317
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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