Felixstowe War Memorial
Promenade, Undercliff Road West, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 2AF
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1467910
- Date first listed:
- 15-Jan-2020
- List Entry Name:
- Felixstowe War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Promenade, Undercliff Road West, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 2AF
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1467910
- Date first listed:
- 15-Jan-2020
- List Entry Name:
- Felixstowe War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Promenade, Undercliff Road West, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 2AF
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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:
- Promenade, Undercliff Road West, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 2AF
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- East Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Felixstowe
- National Grid Reference:
- TM3021534281
Summary
A war memorial in the form of a Portland stone Corinthian column with bronze sculpture of a dove.
Reasons for Designation
Felixstowe 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 and elegant war memorial in the form of a Corinthian column surmounted by a stone urn and bronze statue of a dove.
Group value:
* it has group value with Cliff Gardens and Town Hall Garden (Registered at 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. 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. The memorials, therefore, provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.
One such memorial was raised at Felixstowe as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the 163 members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. The memorial was unveiled on Sunday 15 August 1920 by Sir Courtenay Warner.
The names of the 111 parishioners who fell during the Second World War were subsequently added to the memorial.
Details
A war memorial of 1920 date.
MATERIALS: constructed of Portland stone with a bronze sculpture of a dove and granite tablets.
DESCRIPTION: comprising a tall Corinthian column surmounted by a carved stone urn, on top of which is affixed a bronze dove facing out to sea with its wings extended. The column is set atop a large square plinth and the whole stands on a three-stepped base.
The main inscription is mounted on a stone tablet affixed to the south-east face of the plinth and reads: ERECTED BY THE/ PEOPLE OF FELIXSTOWE/ TO THE MEMORY OF THEIR/ MEN WHO WERE KILLED IN/ ACTION OR DIED OF WOUNDS/ OR DISEASE IN THE SERVICE/ OF KING AND COUNTRY/ DURING THE GREAT WAR/ 1914–1918. The names of the First World War fallen are listed on tablets affixed to the north-east and south-west faces of the plinth.
The north-west face of the plinth bears a tablet with the inscription: THE SUM OF £1000 WAS/ ALSO SUBSCRIBED BY/ THE TOWNSPEOPLE AND/ GIVEN TO THE ENDOWMENT/ FUND OF THE FELIXSTOWE/ COTTAGE HOSPITAL FOR/ THE ALLEVIATION OF/ HUMAN SUFFERING.
Four reclining stone tablets of dark grey polished granite were subsequently set centrally against the steps on each side of the base. Each tablet is headed with the dates 1939–1945 and lists the names of the Second World War fallen in whitened incised lettering.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register - UK National Inventory of War Memorials Felixstowe, accessed 11 November 2019 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/5309
War Memorials Online: Felixstowe, accessed 11 November 2019 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/161409/
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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