North Malvern War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church, North Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4LR

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First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1429171
Date first listed:: 23-Sep-2015
List Entry Name:: North Malvern War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Holy Trinity Church, North Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4LR

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1429171
Date first listed:: 23-Sep-2015
List Entry Name:: North Malvern War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Holy Trinity Church, North Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4LR

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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Location

Statutory Address:: Holy Trinity Church, North Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4LR

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

County:: Worcestershire
District:: Malvern Hills (District Authority)
Parish:: Malvern
National Grid Reference:: SO7750346861

Summary

First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

North Malvern War Memorial, situated in the churchyard of Holy Trinity Church, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic Interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this local community, and the sacrifice it has made in the conflicts of the C20; * Design: an elegant war memorial in a medieval style; * Group value: with Holy Trinity Church (Grade II-listed).

History

North Malvern war memorial was designed by Bernard Miller, a lecturer in Design at Liverpool University, and erected by Messrs Houghton of Worcester. It was dedicated on 11 November 1920 by Rev H Maynard Smith, Vicar of Holy Trinity Church. Following the end of the Second World War an inscription was added to the base commemorating those who fell in that conflict. A wooden plaque and a Book of Remembrance in the adjacent parish church record the names commemorated on the memorial, providing additional details about the men and their service. In 2014 conservation and repair work, including the addition of five names, was funded by War Memorials Trust.

Details

The memorial stands in the south-eastern corner of the churchyard of Holy Trinity Church (Grade II-listed). Built of Portland stone, it consists of a Latin cross decorated with fleurs-de-lis issuing from the intersection of the cross arms. The cross rises from an octagonal lantern formed of eight narrow Gothic niches, set at the top of a tapering octagonal shaft. The moulded foot of the shaft stands on a single-stepped, octagonal, base.

The top of the base is divided into eight triangular panels, each decorated with an incised cross in a circle, painted black. The inscriptions are cut into each panel. The principal dedication reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN/ MEMORY OF THE FALLEN/ 1914 – 1918/ (7 NAMES)/ ALSO IN THE MEMORY OF THE FALLEN/ 1939 - 1945. The remaining 46 First World War names are incised in groups on the top of the base. The names of the 24 servicemen who died fighting in the Second World War are incised in groups below the First World War names, separated by incised lines.

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, 25 July 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 18 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/130647
War Memorials Register, accessed 25 July 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/72779
War Memorials Trust, Grants Showcase - North Malvern, accessed 15 May 2015 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=1137

Legal

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