Great Carlton War Memorial

Great Carlton War Memorial, Junction Of Main Road & Glebe Road, Great Carlton, Lincolnshire, LN11 8JX

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A First World War memorial in the form of a wheel cross constructed before 1920. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1487236
Date first listed:: 17-Oct-2023
List Entry Name:: Great Carlton War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Great Carlton War Memorial, Junction Of Main Road & Glebe Road, Great Carlton, Lincolnshire, LN11 8JX

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1487236
Date first listed:: 17-Oct-2023
List Entry Name:: Great Carlton War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Great Carlton War Memorial, Junction Of Main Road & Glebe Road, Great Carlton, Lincolnshire, LN11 8JX

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Great Carlton War Memorial, Junction Of Main Road & Glebe Road, Great Carlton, Lincolnshire, LN11 8JX

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Lincolnshire
District:: East Lindsey (District Authority)
Parish:: Great Carlton
National Grid Reference:: TF4088085401

Summary

A First World War memorial in the form of a wheel cross constructed before 1920.

Reasons for Designation

Great Carlton 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:

* as a well-executed memorial in the form of a Celtic wheel 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: therefore the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss. One such memorial was raised at Great Carlton as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the 49 members of the local community who served in the First World War. It was unveiled in 1920 at a ceremony attended by local clergy and dignitaries.

The memorial was built by the Mawer Brothers of Louth. Other examples of the Mawer Brothers work within Louth and Lincolsnhire which have been listed are South Somercotes War Memorial, Covenham St Bartholomew War Memorial, Stenigot War Memorial and Tathwell War Memorial.

The war memorial was originally erected outside the Church Institute, and was moved to its present location in 2000.

Details

A First World War memorial, built after 1918 and unveiled in 1920.

MATERIALS AND PLAN: the memorial is square on plan and is constructed of Granite and York stone with leaded lettering.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in a prominent roadside location on the junction of Main Road and Glebe Road, approx 47m east of the entrance to the church of St John the Baptist (Grade II). It is set slightly back from the road within a grass verge.

The memorial comprises a wheel cross in the Celtic style decorated with Celtic knots. The tapered base of the cross stands on an inscribed plinth, atop a stepped granite base.

The main inscription, in blackened lead lettering on the front of the plinth reads: IN HONOUR OF/ THE GREAT CALRTON MEN/ WHO ANSWERED THE CALL/ OF KING AND COUNTRY/ 1914-1918/ TO GOD THE GLORY. The names of the 49 members of the parish who served in the conflict are inscribed on the three remaining faces.

Sources

Books and journals
Credland, M, The First World War Memorials of Lincolnshire, (2014), p94
Websites
Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register – Great Carlton WWI , accessed 10/07/2023 from https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/20400
War Memorials Online- Great Carlton Cross, accessed 10/07/2023 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/208761

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.