Coney Weston War Memorial

Outside the Village Hall, The Street, Coney Weston, Suffolk, IP31 1HG

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Overview

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

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1454266
Date first listed:: 09-Mar-2018
List Entry Name:: Coney Weston War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Outside the Village Hall, The Street, Coney Weston, Suffolk, IP31 1HG

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1454266
Date first listed:: 09-Mar-2018
List Entry Name:: Coney Weston War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Outside the Village Hall, The Street, Coney Weston, Suffolk, IP31 1HG

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:: Outside the Village Hall, The Street, Coney Weston, Suffolk, IP31 1HG

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

County:: Suffolk
District:: West Suffolk (District Authority)
Parish:: Coney Weston
National Grid Reference:: TL9591277989

Summary

First World War memorial.

Reasons for Designation

Coney Weston War Memorial, which is situated outside the village hall, 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 well-executed wheel-head cross memorial.

Group value:

* with the Grade II-listed Coney Weston House.

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 Coney Weston as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the seven members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. It was probably erected not long after the end of the conflict. The memorial was built by Mr R H Hall, who also erected the war memorial in neighbouring Market Weston.

Details

First World War memorial.

DESCRIPTION: Coney Weston War Memorial is located at the roadside in front of Coney Weston village hall. To the north-east of the memorial is the Grade II-listed Coney Weston House.

The memorial is of polished, grey granite and takes the form of a plain wheel-head cross with a tapering, four-sided shaft and moulded foot. This rises from a tapering, four-sided plinth which surmounts a single-step chamfered base. The whole stands on a two-stepped concrete foundation. All lettering is incised, painted gold.

The inscription and names are recorded on the north face of the plinth, which reads IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THOSE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914–1918/ (7 NAMES).

The memorial is enclosed by eight wooden posts* joined by chains*.

* Pursuant to s1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’) it is declared that these aforementioned features are not of special architectural or historic interest.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 26 January 2018 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/181459/
War Memorials Register, accessed 26 January 2018 from https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/5116

Legal

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