Withington War Memorial
Junction of Duke Street and Veldo Lane, Withington, Herefordshire, HR1 3QE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1462264
- Date first listed:
- 19-Feb-2019
- List Entry Name:
- Withington War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Junction of Duke Street and Veldo Lane, Withington, Herefordshire, HR1 3QE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1462264
- Date first listed:
- 19-Feb-2019
- List Entry Name:
- Withington War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Junction of Duke Street and Veldo Lane, Withington, Herefordshire, HR1 3QE
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.
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 Duke Street and Veldo Lane, Withington, Herefordshire, HR1 3QE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Withington
- National Grid Reference:
- SO5647743455
Summary
First World War memorial with later additions.
Reasons for Designation
Withington 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 this community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20.
Architectural interest:
* as a thoughtfully-designed and simple memorial in the form of a Latin cross.
Group value:
* it forms a group with the Grade-II listed Style House, The Green and The Green Cottage.
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 memorial was raised at Withington as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the 22 members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. The exact date of the memorial is not known, but it is marked on an Ordnance Survey map revised in 1927.
The names of those parishioners who fell during the Second World War and the conflict in Northern Ireland were subsequently added to the memorial
Details
First World War memorial, with later additions for the Second World War and the conflict in Northern Ireland.
DESCRIPTION
The war memorial is set within a triangular paved area. It comprises a Latin cross on a tall, tapering octagonal shaft with a square plinth and a four-stepped octagonal base. The main inscription on the south face of the plinth reads: ERECTED IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914–1919/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. The plinth and the upper step carry the names of those who died. An inscription on the upper step of the base (south face) commemorates those who died in the Second World War and reads: A.D. 1939–1945/ (NAME). A further inscription commemorates one parishioner who died in 1989 during the conflict in Northern Ireland.
Sources
Websites
Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register, Withington Cross, accessed 4 January 2019 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/33062
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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