Marhamchurch War Memorial
Car park in front of St Marwenne's Church, Junction of Helebridge Road & Underlane, Marhamchurch, Cornwall, EX23 0EN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1457807
- Date first listed:
- 09-Jul-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Marhamchurch War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Car park in front of St Marwenne's Church, Junction of Helebridge Road & Underlane, Marhamchurch, Cornwall, EX23 0EN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1457807
- Date first listed:
- 09-Jul-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Marhamchurch War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Car park in front of St Marwenne's Church, Junction of Helebridge Road & Underlane, Marhamchurch, Cornwall, EX23 0EN
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.
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:
- Car park in front of St Marwenne's Church, Junction of Helebridge Road & Underlane, Marhamchurch, Cornwall, EX23 0EN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Marhamchurch
- National Grid Reference:
- SS2236603690
Summary
First World War memorial with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Marhamchurch War Memorial 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.
Group value:
* with the nearby Grade-I listed Church of St Marwenne and other Grade-II listed buildings in the village centre.
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 750,000 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 Marhamchurch, 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 date that the memorial was unveiled is unknown, although it was in place by 1929. Following the end of the Second World War, the names of nine fallen from that conflict were added to the memorial.
Details
First World War memorial with later additions for the Second World War.
MATERIALS: granite.
DESCRIPTION: Marhamchurch War Memorial is located in the car park at the junction of Helebridge Road and Underlane to the east of the Grade I-listed Parish Church of St Marwenne.
The memorial takes the form of a rough-hewn granite wheel-headed cross on a tapering shaft. The cross shaft rises from a plinth on square base. The east and west faces of the plinth are recessed with a smooth finish.
The base of the east face of the cross shaft reads FOR / KING / AND / COUNTRY / 1914-1918 while the face of the plinth below lists the 12 fallen from that conflict. The base of the west face of the cross shaft reads FOR / KING / AND / COUNTRY / 1939-1945 with the face of the plinth below listing the nine fallen from that conflict.
The memorial stands on a square, flat, granite area enclosed by a post and chain fence set within the wider tarmaced car park area.
Sources
Websites
Imperial War Museums War Memorials Register – Marhamchurch, accessed 06/06/2018 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/9246
War Memorials Online Database – Marhamchurch, accessed 06/06/2018 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/183307
Cornwall’s War History – Marhamchurch, accessed 06/06/2018 from http://www.cornwallswarhistory.co.uk/marhamchurch/
Other
Ordnance Survey, Cornwall (1933) (1:2500)
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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