Minster Lovell War Memorial
Minster Lovell War Memorial, Brize Norton Road, Junction of Burford Road (B4047), Minster Lovell, Witney, OX29 0RA
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1452741
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jan-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Minster Lovell War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Minster Lovell War Memorial, Brize Norton Road, Junction of Burford Road (B4047), Minster Lovell, Witney, OX29 0RA
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1452741
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jan-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Minster Lovell War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Minster Lovell War Memorial, Brize Norton Road, Junction of Burford Road (B4047), Minster Lovell, Witney, OX29 0RA
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:
- Minster Lovell War Memorial, Brize Norton Road, Junction of Burford Road (B4047), Minster Lovell, Witney, OX29 0RA
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Minster Lovell
- National Grid Reference:
- SP3145011011
Summary
A First World War memorial, 1921.
Reasons for Designation
Minster Lovell War Memorial, Minster Lovell, 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.
Architectural interest:
* as a handsome memorial cross, its simple form offers quiet testament to the fallen of Minster Lovell.
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. One such memorial was raised at Minster Lovell in May 1921 as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community, who lost their lives in the First World War.
The memorial was designed by Mr F E Howard of Oxford and created by Messrs Coppock and Goodgame at Headington Quarry.
In 2006 the memorial was moved from beside the B4047, 75 yards outside the village boundary, to its current site at the main road junction in the village. In 2008 the memorial was conserved with the help of grant aid from War Memorials Trust.
Details
MATERIALS: stone.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial is located on the main road running through the village.
It consists of a Latin cross on a tapering octagonal shaft. The shaft rises from an octagonal plinth on a four stepped octagonal base. The plinth and steps are incised and the principal dedicatory inscription on the lowest step reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF MINSTER LOVELL/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR.
The memorial stands on a paved area surrounded by a timber post and chain enclosure.
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, 31 January 2018.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 31 January 2018 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/135404
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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