Newbourne War Memorial
St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ipswich Road, Newbourne, Suffolk, IP12 4NS
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1466680
- Date first listed:
- 01-Apr-2020
- List Entry Name:
- Newbourne War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ipswich Road, Newbourne, Suffolk, IP12 4NS
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1466680
- Date first listed:
- 01-Apr-2020
- List Entry Name:
- Newbourne War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ipswich Road, Newbourne, Suffolk, IP12 4NS
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:
- St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ipswich Road, Newbourne, Suffolk, IP12 4NS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- East Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Newbourne
- National Grid Reference:
- TM2730243035
Summary
First World War Memorial.
Reasons for Designation
Newbourne 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.
Group value:
* it has group value with the Grade I listed Church of the St Mary.
History
The aftermath of the First World War was the great age of memorial building, 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 Newbourne as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the three members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.
Details
First World War Memorial.
MATERIALS: stone.
PLAN: the memorial stands in the churchyard of the Grade I listed Church of St Mary, close to the main entrance to the churchyard.
EXTERIOR: it is in the form of a simple Latin cross mounted on a tapering plinth and a square base. It stands approximately 1.2m tall.
The main inscription on the head of the cross reads ‘IN/ MEMORIAM/’ and the names of the three parishioners who fell during the First World War are inscribed on the front of the plinth.
Sources
Websites
UK Inventory of War Memorials, accessed 2 September 2019 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/5537
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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