Duffield Memorial
approximately 75m to the east of the Church of St Mary, Great Baddow, CM2 7QB
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1481229
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jul-2022
- List Entry Name:
- Duffield Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- approximately 75m to the east of the Church of St Mary, Great Baddow, CM2 7QB
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1481229
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jul-2022
- List Entry Name:
- Duffield Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- approximately 75m to the east of the Church of St Mary, Great Baddow, CM2 7QB
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:
- approximately 75m to the east of the Church of St Mary, Great Baddow, CM2 7QB
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Essex
- District:
- Chelmsford (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Great Baddow
- National Grid Reference:
- TL7303704843
Summary
A churchyard memorial in the form of a Celtic wheel cross surrounded by low kerbs dating from 1912 or soon afterwards.
Reasons for Designation
The Duffield Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Historic interest:
* an unusual example of churchyard memorial design that is also memorial to prominent local citizen William Ward Duffield and his son.
Architectural interest:
* as an unusual example of Art Nouveau design in metal work, well detailed and combined with a conventional form of churchyard memorial, a Celtic wheeled cross.
Group value:
* with the Church of Mary (Grade I).
History
MATERIALS: copper alloy sheet metal in rivetted sections formed around a masonry core.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in the churchyard of the parish church of St Mary, Great Baddow, approximately 75m to the east of the church. It consists of a Celtic wheel cross on a four-sided base designed in an Art Nouveau style and made from rivetted metal plate with raised seams encasing a masonry core. The cross-shaft curves towards the foot which has gently curved, splayed edges which are also found on the ogee lines of the base. The wheel contains pierced, inset relief foliate decoration. The cross formerly had a medallion rivetted to the centre of the west side which has been removed. The cross sits within a rectangular plot bordered by kerbs of the same construction with short pillars at each corner.
There are two copper plaques riveted to the base of the monument with raised lettering in a style characteristic of the period. The west-facing plaque reads: IN LOVING MEMORY OF/MARIANNE DUFFIELD/BORN MAY 7TH 1827 DIED JUNE 22ND 1910/WILLIAM WARD DUFFIELD/BORN NOVEMBER 25TH 1820 DIED AUGUST 17TH 1912/‘LUX PERPETUA LUCEAT EIS’
The east facing plaque, a later addition at the base of the monument reads: ALSO IN LOVING MEMORY OF/WILLIAM BARTLEET DUFFIELD/BORN JANUARY 9TH 1861/DIED AT AIX LES BAINS FRANCE/JUNE 3RD 1918 .
Details
MATERIALS: Copper alloy sheet metal in rivetted sections formed around a masonry core.
DESCRIPTION: The memorial stands in the churchyard of the parish church of St Mary, Great Baddow, approximately 75m to the east of the church. It consists of a Celtic wheel cross on a four-sided base designed in an art nouveau style and made from rivetted metal plate with raised seams encasing a masonry core. The cross-shaft curves towards the foot which has gently curved, splayed edges which are also found on the ogee lines of the base. The wheel contains pierced, inset relief foliate decoration. The cross formerly had a medallion rivetted to the centre of the west side which has been removed. The cross sits within a rectangular plot bordered by kerbs of the same construction with short pillars at each corner.
There are two copper plaques riveted to the base of the monument with raised lettering in a style characteristic of the period. The west-facing plaque reads: IN LOVING MEMORY OF/MARIANNE DUFFIELD/BORN MAY 7TH 1827 DIED JUNE 22ND 1910/WILLIAM WARD DUFFIELD/BORN NOVEMBER 25TH 1820 DIED AUGUST 17TH 1912/‘LUX PERPETUA LUCEAT EIS’
The east facing plaque, a later addition at the base of the monument reads: ALSO IN LOVING MEMORY OF/WILLIAM BARTLEET DUFFIELD/BORN JANUARY 9TH 1861/DIED AT AIX LES BAINS FRANCE/JUNE 3RD 1918
Sources
Books and journals
Venn, J, Venn, JD, Alumni Cantabrigienses Vol. 2, Part 2, (1944), 349
Websites
Broomfield Parish Council: Ken Searles’ ’Broomfield Buildings and People’ vol. 12, accessed 9th March 2022 from https://www.broomfieldessex.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Vol2-pp163-219.wps_.pdf
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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