St Clement War Memorial, Truro

Junction of Union Hill and Belvedere, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 1SB

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A First World War memorial, built after 1919. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1466271
Date first listed:: 13-Sep-2019
List Entry Name:: St Clement War Memorial, Truro
Statutory Address:: Junction of Union Hill and Belvedere, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 1SB

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1466271
Date first listed:: 13-Sep-2019
List Entry Name:: St Clement War Memorial, Truro
Location Description:: On the east side of a crossroads where Tregolls Road, Union Hill (A390), the A39 and Belvedere meet.
Statutory Address 1:: Junction of Union Hill and Belvedere, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 1SB

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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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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:: Junction of Union Hill and Belvedere, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 1SB

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: St. Clement
National Grid Reference:: SW8389545763

Summary

A First World War memorial, built after 1919.

Reasons for Designation

St Clement War Memorial, Truro is listed at Grade II, for the following principal reasons:

Historic interest: * as 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: * for its design, a well-executed Celtic cross.

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 St Clement parish, to the north of Truro, as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the 14 members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.

Nothing is known about the construction of the war memorial, but its similarity to the memorial at Cardinham would suggest that it is by the same maker and erected after 1919.

Details

A First World War memorial, built after 1919.

MATERIALS Granite, lead.

DESCRIPTION The memorial stands on the east side of a crossroads to the north of Truro city where Tregolls Road, Union Hill (A390), the A39 and Belvedere meet.

The memorial is a wheel-head Celtic cross with carved knotwork to the head and rectangular shaft. The head comprises ‘triqueta’ patterns within the arms and scroll decoration on the shaft on the west face. The other faces are plain. The cross stands on a cushion-shaped and tapering plinth on a flat base. The front (west) face bears the commemoration of the 14 men lost in the First World War under the inscription ST CLEMENT / TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR / HONOUR & RIGHT / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. Below the list of names is the inscription BEING DEAD YET SPEAK. The lettering is in lead.

Sources

Websites
Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register – St Clements WW1 , accessed 07/08/2019 from https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/9202
War Memorials Online – St Clement WW1 Memorial , accessed 07/08/2019 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/143449/

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.