Aston Fields War Memorial including railings
New Road, Junction of Finstall Road, Aston Fields, Bromsgrove, B60 2DZ
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1459519
- Date first listed:
- 26-Oct-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Aston Fields War Memorial including railings
- Statutory Address:
- New Road, Junction of Finstall Road, Aston Fields, Bromsgrove, B60 2DZ
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1459519
- Date first listed:
- 26-Oct-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Aston Fields War Memorial including railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- New Road, Junction of Finstall Road, Aston Fields, Bromsgrove, B60 2DZ
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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:
- New Road, Junction of Finstall Road, Aston Fields, Bromsgrove, B60 2DZ
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Worcestershire
- District:
- Bromsgrove (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SO9681269468
Summary
A stone war memorial of 1920 date with railings restored in the late C20.
Reasons for Designation
Aston Fields War Memorial 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 a cross mounted on steps;
* The restored railings add to its visual interest.
Historic interest:
* As an eloquent witness to the tragic impacts of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it made in the conflicts of the C20.
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, both as a result of the huge impact the loss of three quarters of a million British lives had on communities and 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 war memorial was raised at Aston Fields as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. Aston Fields was dedicated on 4 December 1920. It is shown on the Ordnance Survey Map of 1927. The memorial was altered later and commemorates the local servicemen who fell in both First and Second World Wars, and all those who gave their lives in those conflicts. In 1990 the railings were restored.
Details
A war memorial of 1920.
MATERIALS: constructed of stone with metal railings.
DESCRIPTION: a war memorial cross with a square base surmounted by a plinth, pedestal and tapering shaft with a decorate Latin cross. Metal railings surround the memorial.
The front face of the plinth is inscribed: IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR /1914-1918/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ ALSO TO THOSE WHO FELL/ 1939-1945. The other faces are also inscribed: (NAMES)
Sources
Websites
UK National inventory of War Memorials - Finstall, accessed 17/08/2018 from https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/20
War Memorials Online - Aston Fields, accessed 17/08/2018 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/229349/
Heritage Gateway - Worcestershire and Worcester City HER: Aston Fields War Memorial (WSM66740), accessed 17/08/2018 from http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MWR54395&resourceID=1035
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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