Bromsgrove All Saints' War Memorial

Bromsgrove All Saints War Memorial, All Saints Churchyard, Burcot Lane, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 0DQ

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Overview

A First World War memorial dating from around 1920.
Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1461887
Date first listed:
09-Jan-2019
List Entry Name:
Bromsgrove All Saints' War Memorial
Statutory Address:
Bromsgrove All Saints War Memorial, All Saints Churchyard, Burcot Lane, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 0DQ
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1461887
Date first listed:
09-Jan-2019
List Entry Name:
Bromsgrove All Saints' War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:
Bromsgrove All Saints War Memorial, All Saints Churchyard, Burcot Lane, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 0DQ

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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.

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The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

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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:
Bromsgrove All Saints War Memorial, All Saints Churchyard, Burcot Lane, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 0DQ

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:
SO9656671506

Summary

A First World War memorial dating from around 1920.

Reasons for Designation

Bromsgrove All Saints' War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

Historic interest:

* as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact on the local community of the events of the First World War.

Architectural interest:

* the memorial is a dignified and sombre stone obelisk, neatly made and well-proportioned.

Group value

* it has good group value with the Grade II listed All Saints' Church.

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: therefore the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.

One such memorial was raised at Bromsgrove All Saints’ 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 The Bromsgrove Guild.

In 2015, the memorial was vandalised, the stonework damaged and three of the four bronze plaques and all of the bronze laurel wreaths were stolen. The memorial was restored and the bronze plaques and laurel wreaths replaced with resin replicas in 2017.

Details

A First World War memorial dating from around 1920.

MATERIALS: stone.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in the churchyard to the north-west of the Church of All Saints (listed Grade II).

The memorial comprises an imposing block-built octagonal obelisk set upon a substantial plinth and two-stepped base. The corners of the plinth are decorated with resin laurel wreaths that replicate the original cast bronze wreaths.

The main inscription on a resin plaque attached to the plinth bears the dates of 1914-1918. The names of the 104 men are inscribed on two resin plaques and one bronze plaque attached to the plinth.

Sources

Websites
Imperial War Museums register, accessed 8.11.2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/33292
War Memorials Online, accessed 8.11.2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/182714/

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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