War Memorial
WAR MEMORIAL, MARKET PLACE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393522
- Date first listed:
- 11-Nov-2009
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL, MARKET PLACE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393522
- Date first listed:
- 11-Nov-2009
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAR MEMORIAL, MARKET PLACE
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:
- WAR MEMORIAL, MARKET PLACE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- Babergh (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bildeston
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 99259 49466
Reasons for Designation
The war memorial, Bildeston, has been designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * It is a record of the two cataclysmic wars of the C20 and their impact on the nation and the local community. * Its popular obelisk design is elegant, and is enhanced by decorative detail. * It has group value with the buildings around the Market Place, all of which are listed.
Details
BILDESTON
966/0/10048 MARKET PLACE
11-NOV-09 War Memorial
GV II
War memorial; erected in 1920; made of Portland stone on a stone base.
EXTERIOR: Bildeston war memorial consists of an obelisk rising from a square plinth set on a stepped base. At the top of the obelisk is carved swagged decoration, above which is a ball; there is also decorative carving around the base of the obelisk. Two opposing sides of the plinth carry the fourteen names of those who died in the First World War, and a third carries the inscription 'In grateful memory of the men of Bildeston who gave their lives for their country 1914-1918'. On the fourth side is the inscription 'Also the war 1939-1945' followed by five names.
HISTORY: Bildeston war memorial was unveiled in 1920 by Mr A E Hoare, and carries fifteen names, to which five were added after the Second World War.
SOURCES: www.bildeston.org/content/view/301/453/ Bildeston village website accessed on 28th Nov 2008
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The war memorial, Bildeston, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* It is a record of the two cataclysmic wars of the C20 and their impact on the nation and the local community.
* Its popular design is elegant, and is enhanced by decorative detail.
* It has group value with the buildings around the Market Place, all of which are listed.
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, 10 August 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 505385
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 13 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/4388
War Memorials Online, accessed 10 August 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/251265
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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