Sutton War Memorial
Church of All Saints Churchyard, Main Road, Sutton, Suffolk, IP12 3DT
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1470349
- Date first listed:
- 26-Oct-2020
- List Entry Name:
- Sutton War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Church of All Saints Churchyard, Main Road, Sutton, Suffolk, IP12 3DT
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1470349
- Date first listed:
- 26-Oct-2020
- List Entry Name:
- Sutton War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church of All Saints Churchyard, Main Road, Sutton, Suffolk, IP12 3DT
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:
- Church of All Saints Churchyard, Main Road, Sutton, Suffolk, IP12 3DT
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- East Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Sutton
- National Grid Reference:
- TM3063746432
Summary
A First World War Memorial unveiled after 1919, with additions made after the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Sutton War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Architectural interest:
* as a well-executed stone cross.
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.
Group value:
* with the Church of All Saints (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: therefore the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.
One such memorial was raised at Sutton as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. The names of those parishioners who fell during the Second World War were later added to the memorial.
Details
A First World War Memorial unveiled after 1919, with additions made after the Second World War.
MATERIALS AND PLAN: the memorial is square on plan and is constructed from stone with a textured finish. Inscriptions are written in leaded lettering.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands within the churchyard about 5m south of the Church of All Saints, Sutton (Grade II*). The memorial is approximately 3m tall and comprises a Celtic wheel-cross with a tapering shaft and moulded base set on a trapezoidal pedestal with a single-stepped square plinth. A relief of the Christogram, ‘IHS’, is carved in intertwining letters within a circular panel at the centre of the cross.
The inscription within a recessed panel on the south face of the pedestal reads: TO THE/ IMPERISHABLE MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF SUTTON/ WHO DIED FOR FREEDOM/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ LEST WE FORGET.
The names of the 14 men who lost their lives are inscribed on the east and west faces of the pedestal.
The inscription on the north face of the pedestal reads: 1939-1945/ IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY OF (5 NAMES)/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Sources
Websites
Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register entry 5390, accessed 8 April 2020 from https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/5390
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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