Scottow War Memorial
Triangular Green at Junction of The Fairstead, Scottow, Norfolk, NR10 5AQ
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1455940
- Date first listed:
- 11-Jun-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Scottow War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Triangular Green at Junction of The Fairstead, Scottow, Norfolk, NR10 5AQ
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1455940
- Date first listed:
- 11-Jun-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Scottow War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Triangular Green at Junction of The Fairstead, Scottow, Norfolk, NR10 5AQ
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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:
- Triangular Green at Junction of The Fairstead, Scottow, Norfolk, NR10 5AQ
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- North Norfolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Scottow
- National Grid Reference:
- TG2760323572
Summary
First World War memorial, erected around 1920, with Second World War additions.
Reasons for Designation
Scottow War Memorial, which is situated on a triangular green at the junction of The Fairstead, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Historic interest:
* as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this local community, and the sacrifices it has made in the conflicts of the C20.
Architectural interest:
* as a simple but well-executed granite cross.
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 Scottow as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.
Scottow War Memorial was situated at an important four-roads crossway in the village, known as The Fairstead. The memorial was presumably erected around 1920 and commemorates 10 local servicemen who fell in the First World War and three men who fell in the Second World War.
The memorial was originally surrounded by iron railings, part of which were damaged in August 1922, allegedly by a local labourer. They had consisted of four low corner posts connected by bars.
Details
First World War memorial, erected around 1920, with Second World War additions.
MATERIALS: grey granite
DESCRIPTION: Scottow War Memorial is located on a triangular green at the junction of The Fairstead, near to the northern end of Coltishall Airfield runway, Scottow, Norfolk. It comprises a rough-hewn Latin cross on a four-tiered base and surrounded by a narrow band of gravel. The tiered plinth bears the inscriptions in incised lettering.
The inscription is incised and reads IN HONOUR OF THESE/ SCOTTOW MEN/ (NAMES)/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR US/ 1914 – 1918/ R.I.P.// 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES).
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 26 March 2018 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/196700/
Other
‘War Memorial Damaged: Was it an Accident?’, Thetford & Watton Times and People's Weekly Journal, Saturday 23 September 1922, p.8
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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