Staunton on Wye War Memorial
Junction of A438 and Church Road, Staunton on Wye, Herefordshire, HR4 7NE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1461930
- Date first listed:
- 17-Jan-2019
- List Entry Name:
- Staunton on Wye War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Junction of A438 and Church Road, Staunton on Wye, Herefordshire, HR4 7NE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1461930
- Date first listed:
- 17-Jan-2019
- List Entry Name:
- Staunton on Wye War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Junction of A438 and Church Road, Staunton on Wye, Herefordshire, HR4 7NE
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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.
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:
- Junction of A438 and Church Road, Staunton on Wye, Herefordshire, HR4 7NE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Staunton on Wye
- National Grid Reference:
- SO3739744541
Summary
First World War memorial, with added commemoration for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Staunton on Wye War Memorial located on the A438 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 sacrifice it has made in the conflicts of the C20.
Architectural interest:
* an elegant and well-executed memorial in the form of a polished granite column surmounted by an orb.
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 Staunton on Wye, probably in the 1920s, as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community of both Staunton on Wye and Monnington on Wye who lost their lives in the First World War.
The names of those parishioners who fell during the Second World War were subsequently added to the memorial.
Details
A First World War memorial, with added commemoration for the Second World War.
DESCRIPTION: The war memorial stands in an elevated location beside the A438 at its junction with Church Road, and to the south-east of the village. It takes the form of a plain column of polished granite surmounted by an orb and set on a square, rough-hewn stone plinth with a two-stepped square base. The main inscription in incised lettering on the front (south-east) face of the plinth reads PEACE. A bronze plaque attached to the south-west face carries the inscription SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THE PARISH WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914–1919./ (14 NAMES)/ R.I.P. Another bronze plaque attached to the north-east face of the plinth bears a further inscription ALSO OF THOSE WHO FELL/ IN THE 1939–45 WAR/ (4 NAMES).
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: The memorial stands on a paved area within an enclosure defined by painted cast-iron railings and a pedestrian gate. It is accessed from the roadside via four steps which were repaired in the early C21.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Trust. Staunton on Wye, WM1722, accessed 5 December 2018 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=127
Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register, Ref 33104, accessed 5 December 2018 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/33104
War Memorials Online database, Ref 91238, accessed 5 December 2018 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/91238/
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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