Arnesby War Memorial
Arnesby Baptist Churchyard, St Peter's Road, Arnesby, Leicestershire, LE8 5WJ
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1464497
- Date first listed:
- 05-Aug-2019
- List Entry Name:
- Arnesby War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Arnesby Baptist Churchyard, St Peter's Road, Arnesby, Leicestershire, LE8 5WJ
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1464497
- Date first listed:
- 05-Aug-2019
- List Entry Name:
- Arnesby War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Arnesby Baptist Churchyard, St Peter's Road, Arnesby, Leicestershire, LE8 5WJ
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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:
- Arnesby Baptist Churchyard, St Peter's Road, Arnesby, Leicestershire, LE8 5WJ
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Leicestershire
- District:
- Harborough (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Arnesby
- National Grid Reference:
- SP6182592447
Summary
A granite war memorial cross of interwar date.
Reasons for Designation
Arnesby War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Historic interest:
* it is 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:
* it is a well-detailed war memorial in the form of a Celtic-style wheel cross.
Group value:
* it has group value with Arnesby Baptist Church (Grade II).
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 of 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 the great loss. One such memorial was raised at Arnesby 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 appears to have been erected in the churchyard of the Baptist Chapel (listed at Grade II) sometime after the end of the war, although it is not show on any known mapping. The memorial commemorates four (originally three) local servicemen who fell in the First World War. It was further altered to commemorate one man who died as a prisoner of war in the Second World War. The memorial was cleaned for the centenary of the First World War.
Details
A war memorial of interwar date by G Collin & Son of Leicester.
MATERIALS: constructed of granite.
DESCRIPTION: comprising an ornate wheel head cross and shaft, on a three-tiered, four-sided plinth. The cross head, wheel and shaft are carved with interlacing patterns and the plinth bears the leaded inscriptions; plain for the dedication and names, gothic for the epitaph around the base.
The inscription is in leaded lettering and reads: IN/ LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ (NAMES)/ WHO DIED IN THE WAR 1914 – 1918/ AND OF (NAME)/ REPORTED AS DEAD/ GOD IS LOVE// WORLD WAR 1939 – 45/ DEDICATED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ (NAME)/ DIED A PRISONER OF WAR/ IN JAPANESE HANDS/ SEPTEMBER 1943/ INASMUCH/ 1914 – 1918 (ADDITIONAL NAME).
To the rear of the plinth is a metal badge that reads G COLLIN & SON/ SCULPTORS/ REGENTS/ LEICESTER.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Online - Arnesby, accessed 24 May 2019 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/172195/
Memorial Cross, Churchyard - Arnesby, accessed 24 May 2019 from http://www.leicestershirewarmemorials.co.uk/war/memorials/view/1313
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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