Building record 1681/0/43 - Brigstock War Memorial

{1} First World War memorial, 1920. Later additions for the Second World War.
Brigstock War Memorial, which stands on Hall Hill, 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;
* Architect: designed by the renowned Northamptonshire architect J A Gotch;
* Group value: with the scheduled medieval Market Cross and numerous listed buildings around Hall Hill.
History
The memorial was erected in 1920, having been commissioned from J A Gotch. The slate panels were added after the Second World War. In 2005 a War Memorials Trust grant was used to clean and re-point the memorial.
Details
The war memorial stands in the triangular Hall Hill market square close to the scheduled Market Cross. Some 6m high overall, it comprises a limestone cross with PROWESS/ COUNTRY/ ENDURANCE/ [illegible] in raised lettering around the base of the shaft. The shaft is set on a tapering plinth with slate panels. One slate panel is inscribed IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE TWO GREAT WARS (NAMES). The remaining three panels are inscribed with names only. The plinth is set on a two-stage square base.
The whole memorial stands in the sunken centre of a rock garden defined by a modern metal fence. Neither the fence nor the rock garden are included in the listing.

<1> ENGLISH HERITAGE, 2015, Brigstock War Memorial, (part checked) (Designation Advice Report). SNN110004.

Record last edited

May 20 2015 1:47PM