Summary

First World War memorial, unveiled 3 April 1921, and Second World War tablet.

Description

MATERIALS: limestone.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands in the corner of what is now the village cricket club car park on Station Road, adjoining a gate into the north-east corner of the churchyard, whose wall (not included in the listing, although the Second World War tablet is) bounds the memorial enclosure to one side.

The memorial overall is c 3.5m high and comprises a Latin cross set on a fairly squat octagonal shaft, with a raised garland at its top, beneath the cross head. The shaft rises from a square plinth, set on an octagonal base.

The plinth carries an inscription is raised capital letters which reads: IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF RUSHTON/ PIPEWELL & GLENDON/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 . 1919/ (NAMES)/ ALSO OF THOSE MEN WHO SERVED. The names of those who served appear on the other three sides of the plinth.

Set into the churchyard wall alongside the memorial is a tablet with lettering in the same style inscribed: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND/ IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/ RUSHTON PIPEWELL & GLENDON/ WHO FELL IN THE 1939-45 WAR/ (NAMES)/ R.I.P.

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, both as a result of the huge impact the loss of three quarters of a million British lives had on communities and the official policy of not repatriating the dead, which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.

One such memorial was raised at Rushton as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community including Pipewell and Glendon who lost their lives in the First World War. It was unveiled by Sir Arthur Capell Brooke on 3 April 1921.

The memorial is enclosed on one side by the churchyard wall and on the other three sides by metal estate fencing, with a gate on the street side. A programme of conservation work was carried out in c 2014.

Reasons for Listing

Rushton, Pipewell and Glendon War Memorial 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 community, and the sacrifices it has made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: an elegant limestone cross;
* Group value: with the Grade II*-listed church of All Saints’.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q66478089

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Recommended Books

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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)