BROADSTONE PARK WAR MEMORIAL

BROADSTONE PARK WAR MEMORIAL, BROADSTONE PARK

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1392494
Date first listed:: 26-Mar-2008
List Entry Name:: BROADSTONE PARK WAR MEMORIAL
Statutory Address:: BROADSTONE PARK WAR MEMORIAL, BROADSTONE PARK

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1392494
Date first listed:: 26-Mar-2008
List Entry Name:: BROADSTONE PARK WAR MEMORIAL
Statutory Address 1:: BROADSTONE PARK WAR MEMORIAL, BROADSTONE PARK

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:: BROADSTONE PARK WAR MEMORIAL, BROADSTONE PARK

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

District:: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: SZ 00797 95820

Reasons for Designation

The Broadstone Park war memorial has been designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * An eloquent witness to the impact of tragic world events on this community * It is a design of distinct architectural quality and craftsmanship * The striking sculpture was designed by a nationally renowned sculptor, Gilbert Bayes, who designed a number of war memorials * The poignant memorial sculpture provides a focus for the grief and remembrance of a local community

Details

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958-1/0/10034 BROADSTONE PARK 26-MAR-08 Broadstone Park War Memorial

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War memorial. 1921, by Gilbert Bayes. Of Portland stone. The sculpture is of a winged female figure in a mourning pose, with face cast downwards, and holding a wreath draped with flags in each hand. It stands on a column that rises from a plinth that has carved laurel swags to each corner. The west and east sides are carved with finely detailed bas-reliefs that depict men and officers of the Army, Navy and the Flying Corps, and the north side is carved with shields. The inscription around the top of the plinth reads as follows: `TO THE MEMORY OF / THE OFFICERS AND MEN / OF BROADSTONE DISTRICT'. To the front (south) face of the plinth is the inscription: `THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE / 1914-1919' and the roll of honour naming the men who lost their lives. There is a bronze plate, commemorating the dead of the Second World War, attached to the base of the plinth which is inscribed `1939-1945 / KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE (NAMES) / KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION (NAMES)'. HISTORY: The great age of memorial building was in the aftermath of the First World War. The Broadstone Park memorial, designed by the noted sculptor Gilbert Bayes, was dedicated at an unveiling ceremony on 10th June 1920. Further inscriptions were added following the Second World War.

REASON FOR DECISION: The Broadstone Park war memorial is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * An eloquent witness to the impact of tragic world events on this community * It is a design of distinct architectural quality and craftsmanship * The striking sculpture was designed by the nationally renowned sculptor, Gilbert Bayes, who designed a number of war memorials * The poignant memorial sculpture provides a focus for the grief and remembrance of a local community

SOURCES: East Dorset Herald (June 10 1920)

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 7 December 2016.

Legacy

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Legacy System number:: 504624
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 07/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/97818
War Memorials Register, accessed 07/12/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/26364

Legal

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