Monkhopton War Memorial

Churchyard of Church of St Peter, Monkhopton, Shropshire, WV16 6SB

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A First World War memorial cross of 1921, constructed using a cider press for the base and with an oak shaft. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1459122
Date first listed:: 06-Sep-2018
List Entry Name:: Monkhopton War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Churchyard of Church of St Peter, Monkhopton, Shropshire, WV16 6SB

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1459122
Date first listed:: 06-Sep-2018
List Entry Name:: Monkhopton War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Churchyard of Church of St Peter, Monkhopton, Shropshire, WV16 6SB

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:: Churchyard of Church of St Peter, Monkhopton, Shropshire, WV16 6SB

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

District:: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Monkhopton
National Grid Reference:: SO6258793427

Summary

A First World War memorial cross of 1921, constructed using a cider press for the base and with an oak shaft.

Reasons for Designation

Monkhopton War Memorial, Shropshire is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

Architectural interest:

* as an accomplished and well-realised war memorial which takes the simple form of an oak cross mounted on a stone base (a reused cider press); * the restoration of the oak cross has been skilfully handled.

Historic interest:

* as an eloquent witness to the tragic impacts of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it made in the First World War.

Group value:

* it is located within the churchyard of the Church of St Peter (listed at Grade II*).

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. The war memorial cross at Monkhopton was unveiled in 1921 at a ceremony attended by Sir Arthur Lawley, 6th Baron Wenlock. It is shown on the Ordnance Survey Map of 1926. The memorial commemorates the two local servicemen who fell in the First World War, and all those who gave their lives in the conflict. The oak cross and shaft were restored in 2000 and the memorial was rededicated on 10 September of that year.

Details

A First World War memorial of 1921, restored in 2000.

MATERIALS: a stone base (a former cider press) with an oak cross and a bronze plaque.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial takes the form of a circular roughhewn base and plinth with tooling, an inverted re-used cider press. The restored oak shaft rises to a simple Latin cross. The shaft has carved detailing.

The front face of the plinth has a plaque which reads IN MEMORY OF/ SYDNEY DOWNES . ARTHUR EDWARDS/ AND OF ALL WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ TO SAVE THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918. Above, fixed to the base of the cross shaft is a modern metal plaque which reads IN HONOUR OF THOSE/ WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ THIS RESTORED CROSS/ WAS REDEDICATED ON/ SEPTEMBER 10TH 2000.

Sources

Websites
Shropshire HER Record Number 31561: Monkhopton War Memorial, accessed 31 July 2018 from http://search.shropshirehistory.org.uk/collections/getrecord/CCS_MSA34423/
UK National Inventory of War Memorials - Monkhopton, accessed 31 July 2018 from https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/13951

Legal

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