Tywardreath Highway War Memorial
A390, Tywardreath Highway, Par, Cornwall, PL24 2RW
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1453459
- Date first listed:
- 30-Apr-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Tywardreath Highway War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- A390, Tywardreath Highway, Par, Cornwall, PL24 2RW
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1453459
- Date first listed:
- 30-Apr-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Tywardreath Highway War Memorial
- Location Description:
- Located at NGR SX0755755409
- Statutory Address 1:
- A390, Tywardreath Highway, Par, Cornwall, PL24 2RW
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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:
- A390, Tywardreath Highway, Par, Cornwall, PL24 2RW
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Tywardreath and Par
- National Grid Reference:
- SX0755755409
Summary
First World War memorial, erected about 1920.
Reasons for Designation
Tywardreath Highway 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 First World War.
Architectural interest:
* its design, in the form of an obelisk, is fitting for its purpose as a memorial structure.
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 raised in the hamlet of Tywardreath Highway (on the A390) as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the men of the parish during the First World War. It commemorates the seven servicemen who lost their lives in the conflict, and also the 88 men who saw service and survived.
The war memorial was originally situated diagonally across from the former Bible Christian Chapel and was relocated to its current position further to the south probably in the late C20.
Details
War memorial, erected about 1920.
DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands within a small, paved enclosure alongside the road between St Blazey and Lostwithiel (A390). It takes the form of a granite obelisk on a tall, narrow plinth of polished stone which has a chamfered top. It stands on a square, two-stepped stone base. The front (north-west) face of the plinth is inscribed in black lettering THE HIGHWAY & NEIGHBOURHOOD/ WAR MEMORIAL./ THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY FREE-/ WILL OFFERINGS TO PERPETUATE THE/ NAMES, HERE RECORDED, OF THE MEN/ WHO SERVED DURING THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF THOSE THAT/ PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ (NAMES)/ “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN/ THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS/ LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.”/ “AND THANKS BE TO OUR GOD WHO/ GIVETH US THE VICTORY”. The three other faces record the names of the men from this community who returned from the conflict.
Sources
Websites
Dedication (?) of war memorial at Tywardreath Highway, accessed 21 December 2017 from http://cornishmemory.com/item/WAT_12_167
Tywardreath Highway, accessed 21 December 2017 from http://www.tywardreath.org.uk/2loc/tyhighway.html
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
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