Kirstead War Memorial

Church of St Margaret, Church Road, Kirstead, Norfolk, NR15 1ER

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Overview

First World War memorial with later additions for the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1466544
Date first listed:: 11-Nov-2019
List Entry Name:: Kirstead War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Church of St Margaret, Church Road, Kirstead, Norfolk, NR15 1ER

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1466544
Date first listed:: 11-Nov-2019
List Entry Name:: Kirstead War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Church of St Margaret, Church Road, Kirstead, Norfolk, NR15 1ER

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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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Church of St Margaret, Church Road, Kirstead, Norfolk, NR15 1ER

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

County:: Norfolk
District:: South Norfolk (District Authority)
Parish:: Kirstead
National Grid Reference:: TM2962198481

Summary

First World War memorial with later additions for the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Kirstead Green 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 stone cross on a buttressed plinth.

Group value:

* it has group value with the Church of St Margaret (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. One such memorial was raised at Kirstead after 1920 as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by 17 local servicemen who fell in the First World War. The memorial was later altered to recognise the serviceman of this parish who fell in the Second World War.

Details

First World War memorial with later additions for the Second World War.

MATERIALS: constructed of stone.

DESCRIPTION: comprising a small Latin cross on a block that bears a relief-carved shield. The block stands on a square plinth with rounded corners. The plinth has buttresses to each side with moulded caps and dressed quoins. The plinth bears the inscriptions in incised lettering that reads: (front) IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ & SOME NEIGHBOURS WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ MAY THEY REST IN PEACE/ 1939 – 1945/ (NAME)// (reverse) (NAMES).

Sources

Websites
UK National Inventory of War Memorials - Kirstead, accessed 21/08/2019 from https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/79480
War Memorials Online - Kirstead Cross, accessed 21/08/2019 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/216432/

Legal

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