Stratton War Memorial
Stratton War Memorial, Stratton Cemetery, Overley Road, Stratton, Cirencester, GL7 7HS
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1483201
- Date first listed:
- 26-Oct-2022
- List Entry Name:
- Stratton War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Stratton War Memorial, Stratton Cemetery, Overley Road, Stratton, Cirencester, GL7 7HS
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1483201
- Date first listed:
- 26-Oct-2022
- List Entry Name:
- Stratton War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Stratton War Memorial, Stratton Cemetery, Overley Road, Stratton, Cirencester, GL7 7HS
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:
- Stratton War Memorial, Stratton Cemetery, Overley Road, Stratton, Cirencester, GL7 7HS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Cotswold (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Cirencester
- National Grid Reference:
- SP0112003963
Summary
First World War memorial erected between 1919 and 1921, with additional names added following the Second World War. Architect unknown.
Reasons for Designation
Stratton War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
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.
Architectural interest:
* for its accomplished and well-realised design in the form of a Calvary Cross.
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 which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss. One such memorial was raised at Stratton as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.
Stratton War Memorial is located to the east of the Church of St Peter (Grade II*) and within its associated cemetery. The war memorial was built in about 1919-1921 to commemorate 20 parishioners who lost their lives in the First World War. Following the Second World War, five further names were added to commemorate the men who died in that conflict. The memorial serves as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars.
Details
First World War memorial erected between 1919 and 1921, with additional names added following the Second World War. Architect unknown.
MATERIALS: carved of limestone.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial takes the form of a Cavalry Cross and is located within Stratton Cemetery. Its top is designed as a square lantern with a pitched roof, with a Calvary Cross depicting Christ carved into its front side. This sits atop a simple square capital with a tapered octagonal column shaft running down. Below this lies a low octagonal plinth with a three-stepped square base. The plinth and upper two steps have the following inscriptions in incised and painted lettering:
(East Face) R.I.P. / TO THE MEMORY OF THE / MEN OF STRATTON WHO FELL / IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR / 1914 - 1919 / (NAMES)
(North Face) 1939 – 1945 / (NAMES)
Sources
Websites
Stratton Cross WW1, accessed accessed 17 August 2022 from https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/21027
Stratton, accessed accessed 17 August 2022 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/227669/
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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