Bungay War Memorial
Outside St Mary's Churchyard, St Mary's Street, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1AP
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1458625
- Date first listed:
- 12-Sept-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Bungay War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Outside St Mary's Churchyard, St Mary's Street, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1AP
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1458625
- Date first listed:
- 12-Sept-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Bungay War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Outside St Mary's Churchyard, St Mary's Street, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1AP
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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:
- Outside St Mary's Churchyard, St Mary's Street, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1AP
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- East Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bungay
- National Grid Reference:
- TM3364089729
Summary
First World War memorial, 1921, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Bungay War Memorial, which stands in a prominent roadside location close to the Church of St Mary, 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 an elegant and well-executed wheel-head cross with carved decorative details.
Group value:
* with the Church of St Mary (Grade I).
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 Bungay as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.
It was designed by Alexander MacDonald and Co (architects). The memorial was unveiled on Sunday 13 November 1921 by E H Wightman JP.
The names of those parishioners who fell during the Second World War were subsequently added to the memorial.
Details
First World War memorial, 1921, with later additions for the Second World War.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in a prominent roadside location, close to the Church of St Mary (Grade I).
The memorial comprises a stone Celtic cross with a tapering shaft and foot bearing a relief-carved laurel wreath on a substantial, gently tapering square plinth and two-stepped square base. The plinth is rough-hewn with inset plain rectangular panels bearing the names of the fallen. The face of the cross is decorated with elaborately carved knotwork.
The main inscription in leaded lettering on the west face of the shaft of the cross reads: TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN/ PROUD AND THANKFUL/ REMEMBRANCE OF THE/ OFFICERS AND MEN/ FROM THE/ PARISH OF BUNGAY/ WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR/ KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919/ THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE.
The names of the 102 parishioners who gave their lives during the First World War are inscribed in leaded lettering in recessed panels on the north, west and south faces of the plinth.
An additional inscription on the east face of the foot of the cross reads: BUNGAY ROLL OF HONOUR/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945. Beneath this on the plinth are 37 names.
Sources
Websites
War Memorial Register, accessed 22 August 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/8945
War Memorials Online, accessed 22 August 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/171853/
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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