Summary

A village war memorial of c.1920, built of limestone, which takes the form of an elaborate finial with statues of a soldier and sailor and a crocketed outline, raised on a shaft.

Description

A village war memorial of c.1920.

MATERIALS and PLAN: the monument is of limestone and has an elaborate, crocketed head with statues, raised on an octagonal shaft. Beneath this is a square base and a plinth of two steps with a platform and border.

The gravelled platform is bordered by a kerb, with taller corner and centre stones, which surrounds the monument. The road front has an inscription on the base which reads 'TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN GRATEFUL AND LOVING MEMORY / OF THE FOLLOWING MEN OF THE VILLAGE / OF CATCOTT WHO LAID DOWN THEIR / LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918'. To the reverse is inscribed 'THEIR NAME LIVETH / FOR EVERMORE'. Names of the fallen are inscribed on the flanks. The steps of the plinth below this have a projecting chamfered moulding to their tops. The shaft dies back to an octagonal upper body and rises to a richly carved band above which is the elaborate head of the monument which has an angled drum with decorative horizontal bands. Two niches contain sculptures of servicemen. That facing west shows a soldier and to the east is a sailor. The niches have cusped heads with crocketed finials surrounding the drum and a carved foliate knop to the top. The bottom of the shaft is engraved '1939 * 1945' with the names of the fallen below.

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, 14 December 2016.

History

The memorial appears to date from c. 1920 and was altered after the Second World War.

Reasons for Listing

Catcott War Memorial, erected c1920, 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 made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: as an accomplished and well-realised war memorial, which takes the form of a limestone shaft supporting an elaborate, carved head with sculptures of servicemen;
* Group value: the monument has group value with the church of St Peter, Catcott (Grade I).

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26678147

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)