Ashurst Wood War Memorial

Ashurst Wood War Memorial, Junction of Hammerwood Road and Wall Hill Road, Ashurst Wood, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 3TQ

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A First World War memorial, 1921, with added dates and names from the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1452735
Date first listed:: 25-Jan-2018
List Entry Name:: Ashurst Wood War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Ashurst Wood War Memorial, Junction of Hammerwood Road and Wall Hill Road, Ashurst Wood, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 3TQ

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1452735
Date first listed:: 25-Jan-2018
List Entry Name:: Ashurst Wood War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Ashurst Wood War Memorial, Junction of Hammerwood Road and Wall Hill Road, Ashurst Wood, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 3TQ

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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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Ashurst Wood War Memorial, Junction of Hammerwood Road and Wall Hill Road, Ashurst Wood, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 3TQ

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

County:: West Sussex
District:: Mid Sussex (District Authority)
Parish:: Ashurst Wood
National Grid Reference:: TQ4192536554

Summary

A First World War memorial, 1921, with added dates and names from the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Ashurst Wood War Memorial, Ashurst Wood, 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:

* in its simple form, enhanced by its immediate setting designed as part of an ensemble.

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. One such memorial was raised at Ashurst Wood as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community, who lost their lives in the First World War. The memorial was unveiled on 31 July 1921, on land given by Captain and Mrs Larnach Nevill. One hundred and forty men of the village served in the First World War; the memorial commemorates the 31 who did not return.

The dates and names of 22 who died in the Second World War, and an ‘S’ to ‘GREAT WAR’, were added in 1948.

Details

MATERIALS: the memorial is of sandstone.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial is prominently positioned on the main road junction in the village.

It consists of a small Celtic cross on a substantial square pedestal with a moulded cap and base, chamfered corners and sunken panels, on a splayed plinth and two steps. Inscribed on the front face of the pedestal is TO THE MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN OF/ ASHURST WOOD/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WARS/ LEST WE FORGET/ 1914-1918 and 31 names on the other faces.

The dates 1939-1945 are inscribed on the front of the base and 22 names on the other sides of the base and plinth.

It is set on an area of random paving, bordered behind the memorial with a curved rubble dwarf wall, and to the front with a rubble curb and steps, with iron handrail. The bollards on the north side of the memorial are not considered to form part of the designed ensemble and therefore are not included in 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, 29 January 2018.

Sources

Websites
Ashurst Wood Historians, accessed 23 November 2017 from www.awhistorians.wordpress.com
Imperial War Museum Inventory of War Memorials, accessed 23 November 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/17278
War Memorials Online, accessed 29 January 2018 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/140764

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 is 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.