Herringswell War Memorial

Junction of Kennett Road and The Street, Herringswell, Suffolk, IP28 6ST

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Overview

Pillar war memorial, 1920. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1464645
Date first listed:: 07-Aug-2019
List Entry Name:: Herringswell War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Junction of Kennett Road and The Street, Herringswell, Suffolk, IP28 6ST

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1464645
Date first listed:: 07-Aug-2019
List Entry Name:: Herringswell War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Junction of Kennett Road and The Street, Herringswell, Suffolk, IP28 6ST

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:: Junction of Kennett Road and The Street, Herringswell, Suffolk, IP28 6ST

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

County:: Suffolk
District:: West Suffolk (District Authority)
Parish:: Herringswell
National Grid Reference:: TL7161570015

Summary

Pillar war memorial, 1920.

Reasons for Designation

Herringswell War Memorial, 1920, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

Historic interest:

* as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20.

Architectural interest:

* an unusual example of a roughly-hewn granite pillar type of war memorial which survives unaltered.

Group value:

* with the Grade II*-listed Church of St Ethelbert.

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. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and the official policy of not repatriating the dead: memorials, therefore, provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.

One such memorial was raised at Herringswell 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 constructed by HG Neville of Mildenhall, and was dedicated by Reverend W Manning in a service on Saturday 31 July 1920.

The names of two parishioners who fell during the Second World War were subsequently added to the memorial.

Details

Pillar war memorial, 1920.

MATERIALS: constructed from grey granite.

PLAN: the memorial stands on a triangle of grass on a road junction to the west of the village, and approximately 180m north-west of the Church of St Ethelbert (Grade II*).

DESCRIPTION: the memorial comprises a large roughly-hewn pillar with a sloping head, mounted upon a substantial plinth and a concrete base. It stands approximately 2.4m tall.

One face of the pillar has a finely-hewn panel, inscribed in leaded lettering: THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918. / IN HONOURED MEMORY OF / (NAMES) / “LIVE THOU FOR ENGLAND / WE FOR ENGLAND DIED.” / ALSO / (NAME) / 1939-1945 / (NAMES) / MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN / MAKES COUNTLESS THOUSANDS / MOURN.

Sources

Websites
'Herringswell', ref WMO118147, War Memorials Online, accessed 20 May 2019 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/118147/
'Herringswell', War Memorials Register, Imperial War Museum, accessed 20 May 2019 from https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/4549
Other
'Herringswell War Memorial', The Bury Free Press, 7 August 1920, 2

Legal

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