South Wootton War Memorial
Church of St Mary, Church Lane, South Wootton, Norfolk, PE30 3LL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1454048
- Date first listed:
- 27-Feb-2018
- List Entry Name:
- South Wootton War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St Mary, Church Lane, South Wootton, Norfolk, PE30 3LL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1454048
- Date first listed:
- 27-Feb-2018
- List Entry Name:
- South Wootton War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church of St Mary, Church Lane, South Wootton, Norfolk, PE30 3LL
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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:
- Church of St Mary, Church Lane, South Wootton, Norfolk, PE30 3LL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- South Wootton
- National Grid Reference:
- TF6401922758
Summary
First World War memorial, erected around 1920.
Reasons for Designation
South Wootton War Memorial, erected around 1920, 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:
* as a modest but well-executed memorial.
Group value:
* with the Church of St Mary (listed at Grade II*).
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: therefore the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss. One such memorial was raised at South Wootton 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 war memorial at South Wootton was erected in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary the Virgin around 1920, and is shown on the 1928 Ordnance Survey map. The memorial was restored around 2011, when inscribed plaques were added to the plinth.
Details
War memorial, erected around 1920, dedicated to the fallen of the First World War.
DESCRIPTION: the war memorial is square in plan, constructed of stone, and takes the form of a Latin cross on a tall tapered shaft, square plinth and three-stepped base. The inscription was originally incised directly into the stone of the plinth, however polished stone plaques were added to the plinth around 2011, with inscribed and painted lettering. The plaque on the north elevation of the plinth is inscribed: ‘IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / OUR FALLEN HEROES / OF SOUTH WOOTTON / 1914 – 1918’. The nine names of the fallen are inscribed on the west elevation of the plinth. The memorial stands in a prominent location in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary (listed at Grade II*), adjacent the path from Church Lane.
Sources
Websites
Imperial War Museum Inventory, accessed 19 January 2018 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/19854
Geograph, 'South Wootton war memorial', accessed 19 January 2018 from http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4526897
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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