Silverton War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1464412
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jul-2019
- List Entry Name:
- Silverton War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1464412
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jul-2019
- List Entry Name:
- Silverton War Memorial
- Location Description:
- Located at the junction of Newcourt Road and School Road, Silverton, Devon
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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Mid Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Silverton
- National Grid Reference:
- SS9556702856
Summary
War memorial, erected in 1922. Designed and built by Messrs Harry Hems & Sons, Exeter.
Reasons for Designation
Silverton War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Architectural interest:
* as an accomplished and well-realised design in the form of a Celtic wheel-cross.
Historic interest:
* as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it has made in the conflicts of the C20.
Group value:
* it has good group value with numerous listed buildings nearby, including the British Legion Hall (Grade II).
History
The great age of memorial building was in the aftermath of the First World War 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.
Silverton War Memorial was sculpted by Messrs Harry Hems & Sons, Exeter at a cost of almost £200, and was unveiled on Sunday 23 April, St George’s Day, 1922 by the distinguished British soldier and Conservative Party politician Colonel G J Acland-Troyte CMG DSO. It is located in the old school grounds of the C18 charity school (Grade II, and since used as a British Legion hall) located to the opposite side of Newcourt Road.
The names of ten parishioners who died during the Second World War were subsequently added to the memorial.
Details
War memorial, erected in 1922. Designed and built by Messrs Harry Hems & Sons, Exeter.
MATERIALS: carved from granite. The recessed inscription panels are cut into the stone and have lead lettering.
DESCRIPTION: located in a prominent position to the south-east corner of the cross roads, at the junction of Newcourt Road and School Road, the memorial comprises a Celtic wheel-cross decorated with relief-carved knotwork, on a tall tapered shaft, and tapered square plinth. The whole stands on a three-stepped, square base.
The inscription on the north-west face of the plinth reads:
IN MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF SILVERTON / WHO FOUGHT AND DIED / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1919
To both the south-west and north-east face of the plinth are recorded 20 names each, commemorating the 40 men of the parish who died in the First World War.
An additional recessed inscription panel has been cut into the upper step of the base which reads:
AND OF THOSE MEN WHO DIED IN / THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945
The names of ten men are recorded on the step below.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: in front of the memorial is a square granite vase with the inscription:
PRESENTED / BY THE / WOMEN’S SECTION / BRITISH LEGION
Sources
Websites
Silverton, accessed 8 May 2019 from https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/25361
Silverton, accessed 8 May 2019 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/208941/
Other
'Silverton Memorial: Col. Acland Troyte unveils a Celtic cross', in Western Times (Tuesday, 25 April 1922)
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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