Combe Martin War Memorial
COMBE MARTIN WAR MEMORIAL, CHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391933
- Date first listed:
- 11-Apr-2007
- List Entry Name:
- Combe Martin War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- COMBE MARTIN WAR MEMORIAL, CHURCH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391933
- Date first listed:
- 11-Apr-2007
- List Entry Name:
- Combe Martin War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- COMBE MARTIN WAR MEMORIAL, CHURCH STREET
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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:
- COMBE MARTIN WAR MEMORIAL, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- North Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Combe Martin
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 58674 46293
Details
This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 16/01/2017
1544/0/10012
COMBE MARTIN,
CHURCH STREET,
Combe Martin War Memorial
(Formerly Listed as: War Memorial)
11.05.07
GV
II
War memorial, 1921 by William C. Williams and Co., constructed of light grey granite with bronze relief plaques.
It has a rusticated square stepped base with a tapering square plinth, rising to square shaft, topped by a wheel headed cross. The whole is set within a walled memorial garden.
A plaque on the east face of the plinth bears the text:
`To the honoured memory of/ the men of this parish/ who gave their lives for their country/in the Great War 1914 -1919 (35 names)/ they died that we might live'.
A further bronze plaque on the steps records the names of the fallen of WWII as follows:
`Also to the honoured memory of the men of this parish/ who gave their lives for their country in the World War 1939-45'. (24 names).
The memorial is set within a walled memorial garden with wrought iron gates.
HISTORY: The war memorial was erected in 1921 and unveiled by the Bishop of Exeter. The plaque was added in the late 1940s commemorating those fallen in WWII.
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE: War memorials are valued because of their continued relevance to society, acting both as a focal point for formal memorial services and providing a poignant reminder of the human cost of recent conflict. This example in Combe Martin is associated with other listed memorials and buildings and its composition although simple, is elegant and well handled. It thus fully merits listing.
SOURCES: http://www.roll of honour.com
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 8 December 2016.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 502968
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 08/12/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/25530
War Memorials Online, accessed 08/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/98620
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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