Hambleton War Memorial

St Andrew's Churchyard, Lyndon Road, Hambleton, Rutland

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Overview

First World War memorial, unveiled on 27 June 1920. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1455083
Date first listed:: 04-Apr-2018
List Entry Name:: Hambleton War Memorial
Statutory Address:: St Andrew's Churchyard, Lyndon Road, Hambleton, Rutland

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1455083
Date first listed:: 04-Apr-2018
List Entry Name:: Hambleton War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: St Andrew's Churchyard, Lyndon Road, Hambleton, Rutland

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:: St Andrew's Churchyard, Lyndon Road, Hambleton, Rutland

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

District:: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Hambleton
National Grid Reference:: SK9001207569

Summary

First World War memorial, unveiled on 27 June 1920.

Reasons for Designation

Hambleton War Memorial, which is situated in St Andrew’s 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 well-executed Latin cross memorial.

Group value:

* with the Grade II*-listed Church of St Andrew and the Grade II-listed buildings the Old Priests House and Post Office Cottages.

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 Hambleton 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 move to build a memorial was first discussed at a public meeting on 22 May 1919 and was carried through within a year; the faculty was granted for its erection on 10 April 1920. It was made by Mr George Draycott, stonemason of Oakham, and cost about £73, which was paid for by public subscription. The memorial was unveiled on 27 June 1920 by Major-General Lord Ranksborough, and commemorates eight local servicemen who fell in the First World War.

Details

First World War memorial, 1920.

DESCRIPTION: Hambleton War Memorial is located in the churchyard to the east of the Grade II*-listed Church of St Andrew; it is also in close proximity to the Grade II-listed buildings the Old Priests House and Post Office Cottages.

It is of Clipsham stone and takes the form of a pointed Latin cross, which crowns a tall, tapering four-sided shaft with a moulded square collar. The shaft rises from a four-sided, plinth with chamfered top and rounded corner edges. This surmounts a two-stepped, square base on a narrow stone foundation.

The plinth carries the inscriptions and names in incised lettering, painted black. The west face of the plinth reads, THE GLORIOUS DEAD/ 1914-1918/ R.I.P. A further inscription is to the north face, which reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ FROM HAMBLETON WHO FIGHTING/ FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN/ THE WAR FOR THE WORLDS/ FREEDOM, PASSED THROUGH THE/ VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH/ AND REACHED THE LIFE BEYOND/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. The names of the eight men who died in the First World War are recorded on the east face.

Sources

Websites
Leicestershire County Council War Memorials Project, accessed 23 February 2018 from http://www.leicestershirewarmemorials.co.uk/war/memorials/view/514
Rutland Remembers, accessed 23 February 2018 from http://www.rutlandremembers.org/location/1032/hambleton-churchyard-and-war-memorial
War Memorials Register, accessed 23 February 2018 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/37769
Other
Faculty for Erecting Hambleton War Memorial, (Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, DE 2209/37).

Legal

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