North Burlingham War Memorial Cross

The churchyard, Church of St Andrew, Main Road, North Burlingham, Norfolk, NR13 4TA

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First World War memorial granite cross. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1453764
Date first listed:: 05-Mar-2018
List Entry Name:: North Burlingham War Memorial Cross
Statutory Address:: The churchyard, Church of St Andrew, Main Road, North Burlingham, Norfolk, NR13 4TA

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1453764
Date first listed:: 05-Mar-2018
List Entry Name:: North Burlingham War Memorial Cross
Statutory Address 1:: The churchyard, Church of St Andrew, Main Road, North Burlingham, Norfolk, NR13 4TA

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:: The churchyard, Church of St Andrew, Main Road, North Burlingham, Norfolk, NR13 4TA

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

County:: Norfolk
District:: Broadland (District Authority)
Parish:: Lingwood and Burlingham
National Grid Reference:: TG3652710103

Summary

First World War memorial granite cross.

Reasons for Designation

North Burlingham War Memorial Cross, which stands in the 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 made in the First World War.

Architectural interest:

* a simple yet poignant wheel-head cross, the polished grey granite is a strong visual contrast with the flint walling of the church tower behind; * unusually, the memorial has not been adapted for Second World War commemoration, and thus retains its original design intent.

Group value:

* with the Church of St Andrew (Grade I-listed).

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 outside the parish church at North Burlingham as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by ten members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. A plaque inside the church commemorates three men who died in the Second World War.

Details

The war memorial cross is located in the churchyard, in front of the tower of the Church of St Andrew (Grade I-listed). It comprises an approximately 2m tall polished grey granite wheel-head cross on a tapering plinth. The plinth stands on a single block of grey granite, beneath which is a base of stone and brick. The plinth bears the inscriptions in incised lettering.

The principal dedicatory inscription to the front face of the plinth reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL/ DURING THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS. The commemorated names are recorded to either side of the plinth.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 10 January 2018 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/19634

Legal

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