St Tudy War Memorial

Church Road, St Tudy, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL30 3NN

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First World War memorial, built 1920; altered after the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1457813
Date first listed:: 11-Jul-2018
List Entry Name:: St Tudy War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Church Road, St Tudy, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL30 3NN

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1457813
Date first listed:: 11-Jul-2018
List Entry Name:: St Tudy War Memorial
Location Description:
Statutory Address 1:: Church Road, St Tudy, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL30 3NN

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:: Church Road, St Tudy, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL30 3NN

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

District:: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: St. Tudy
National Grid Reference:: SX0663176336

Summary

First World War memorial, built 1920; altered after the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

St Tudy 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.

Architectural interest:

* for its design, a well-executed Celtic wheel-head cross in local materials.

Group value:

* with the Grade I-listed Church of St Uda, and the many Grade II-listed buildings in the vicinity.

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 St Tudy, as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the 13 members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.

The war memorial was funded by public subscription and was erected in January 1920. It was dedicated on Sunday 25 January 1920 by the Bishop of Truro, Reverend Dr Guy Warman. The granite was probably quarried from nearby De Lank.

Following the Second World War, a dedication was added to commemorate the five men who fell in that conflict.

Details

First World War memorial, built 1920; altered after the Second World War.

MATERIALS: granite.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands on a grass bank at the edge of the churchyard connected to the Grade I-listed Parish Church of St Uda, facing the village square, with granite steps up to it from the road. The memorial is a wheel-head Celtic cross with carved ‘triqueta’ knotwork to the head on the front and back. It stands on a tapering shaft above a stepped and tapering plinth and a two-stepped base. The platform has a short granite post at each corner. The principal face (north east) of the plinth has inscribed in lead lettering: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF / THE MEN OF ST TUDY / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918 / “THE DEAD SHALL HEAR THE VOICE OF THE SON OF GOD”. Below this, on the top step of the base, is inscribed “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS” / “YE THAT LIVE ON ‘MID ENGLISH PASTURES GREEN, / REMEMBER US AND THINK WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN”. The names of the fallen are inscribed on the principal face of the memorial’s shaft. The names of those who fell in the Second World War are inscribed on the bottom step of the base under the dates 1935 – 1945.

Sources

Websites
Imperial War Museums War Memorials Register – St Tudy , accessed 06/06/2018 from https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/9260
War Memorials Online Database – St Tudy , accessed 06/06/2018 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/235919
Other
St Tudy Church guidebook

Legal

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