Peterstow War Memorial
Peterstow Common, Hereford Road (A49), Peterstow, Herefordshire, HR9 6LB
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1461813
- Date first listed:
- 24-Jan-2019
- List Entry Name:
- Peterstow War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Peterstow Common, Hereford Road (A49), Peterstow, Herefordshire, HR9 6LB
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1461813
- Date first listed:
- 24-Jan-2019
- List Entry Name:
- Peterstow War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Peterstow Common, Hereford Road (A49), Peterstow, Herefordshire, HR9 6LB
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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:
- Peterstow Common, Hereford Road (A49), Peterstow, Herefordshire, HR9 6LB
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Peterstow
- National Grid Reference:
- SO5637824590
Summary
A First World War memorial erected after 1918; altered after the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Peterstow 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 reflection of the rural character of the area through its craftsmanship.
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 Peterstow, 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 war memorial appears on Ordnance Survey maps from 1928 onwards.
Following the Second World War, a dedication was added to commemorate the one man who fell in that conflict.
Details
A First World War memorial erected after the First World War; altered after the Second World War.
MATERIALS: granite.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in a prominent roadside location on Peterstow Common.
The memorial comprises a roughly-hewn granite Latin cross with a tapering shaft on a small square pedestal and a rough stone base.
The main inscription is in leaded lettering within a recessed panel on the front (north-east) face of the shaft of the cross, and reads: FOR / GOD, KING / AND COUNTRY / 1914–1918 followed by the names of the seven men who fell. The front face of the square plinth is incised in black-painted lettering PETERSTOW.
A small rectangular granite plaque at the foot of the shaft of the cross bears an additional inscription 1939–1945 and the name of the one man who fell.
Sources
Websites
Imperial War Museum: War Memorials Register – Peterstow, accessed 29/11/2018 from https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/32966
War Memorials Online – Peterstow, accessed 29/11/2018 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/134261
Other
Ordnance Survey, Herefordshire (1928) (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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