Twycross War Memorial
Village Green, Junction of Main Road (A444) with Sheepy Road (B4116), Twycross, Leicestershire, CV9 3PL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1455059
- Date first listed:
- 04-Apr-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Twycross War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Village Green, Junction of Main Road (A444) with Sheepy Road (B4116), Twycross, Leicestershire, CV9 3PL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1455059
- Date first listed:
- 04-Apr-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Twycross War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Village Green, Junction of Main Road (A444) with Sheepy Road (B4116), Twycross, Leicestershire, CV9 3PL
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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:
- Village Green, Junction of Main Road (A444) with Sheepy Road (B4116), Twycross, Leicestershire, CV9 3PL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Leicestershire
- District:
- Hinckley and Bosworth (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Twycross
- National Grid Reference:
- SK3369004934
Summary
First World War memorial, unveiled 16 November 1919, with Second World War addition.
Reasons for Designation
Twycross War Memorial, which is situated on the village green at the junction of Main Road with Sheepy Road, 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:
* a well-executed wheel-head cross memorial with carved Sword of Sacrifice.
Group value:
* with the Grade II-listed Twycross House School.
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 Twycross as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the five members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. It was unveiled on 16 November 1919 by Lady Waring and dedicated by the local vicar, the Reverend E Deacon. The monument originally cost £138. A historic photograph indicates that the initials A M D G, which stands for Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam (‘For the Greater Glory of God’), were originally positioned above the dedication but these have since been removed or lost.
Following the Second World War, the name of the single casualty from that conflict was added to the memorial.
Details
First World War memorial, 1919, with Second World War addition.
DESCRIPTION: Twycross War Memorial is located at the north-west corner of the village green at the junction of Main Road with Sheepy Road; to the south-west is the Grade II-listed Twycross House School.
The memorial is of Cornish grey granite and takes the form of a tall, wheel-head cross with an inverted Sword of Sacrifice carved in relief to the north-west face; the sword has a trefoil symbol to the pommel and at the ends of its cross-guard. The cross shaft rises from a four-sided, tapering plinth, which carries the dedications and names in leaded lettering to the north-west face within a smooth, inset panel. The whole stands on a small paved foundation.
The dedication reads ERECTED BY GRATEFUL PARISHIONERS AND/ FRIENDS TO COMMEMORATE THE NAMES OF ITS/ FAITHFUL SONS WHO FOUGHT AND GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR 1914 – 1918/ (5 NAMES)/ R.I.P/ DEDICATED BY THE REV. E. DEACON VICAR/ AND UNVEILED BY LADY WARING ON SUNDAY NOV. 16TH 1919/ 1939 - 1945 - (1 NAME).
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 22 February 2018 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/14747
Leicestershire County Council War Memorials Project, accessed 22 February 2018 from http://www.leicestershirewarmemorials.co.uk/war/memorials/view/1190
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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