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Sheringham and Beeston War Memorial

The Boulevard, Sheringham, NR26 8LJ

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War memorial, 1921, with later additions for the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1426104
Date first listed:: 28-Apr-2015
List Entry Name:: Sheringham and Beeston War Memorial
Statutory Address:: The Boulevard, Sheringham, NR26 8LJ

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1426104
Date first listed:: 28-Apr-2015
List Entry Name:: Sheringham and Beeston War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: The Boulevard, Sheringham, NR26 8LJ

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:: The Boulevard, Sheringham, NR26 8LJ

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

County:: Norfolk
District:: North Norfolk (District Authority)
Parish:: Sheringham
National Grid Reference:: TG1556043355

Summary

War memorial, 1921, with later additions for the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Sheringham and Beeston Regis War Memorial, which stands on The Boulevard in Sheringham, 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: as an elegant and well-proportioned interpretation of a Queen Eleanor cross, designed by a noted regional architect.

History

Unveiled in January 1921, the war memorial is dedicated to those from Sheringham and Beeston Regis who died in service during both the First and Second World Wars. It was designed by HH Palmer, an architect responsible for many memorials across Norfolk including the Grade II-listed memorials at Holt and Fakenham. It cost £541 1s 8d.

The memorial has been repaired twice. General repairs were undertaken and a new fence was added in 2000. In 2009, repair of the inscriptions was grant-funded through War Memorials Trust.

Details

The war memorial stands on The Boulevard, on the south-east side of a small garden. Raised on a two-step hexagonal base and standing 9m high, the memorial is in the form of an Eleanor Cross, made of Clipsham Stone. The lower step is surrounded by a low, decorative, railing.

Tapering to a circular stone roof, surmounted by a small Greek cross on an orb, the memorial’s central column rises through two tiers of Gothic design. The lower tier is decorated with a band of trefoils set under six Gothic pediments. The upper tier is plainer, consisting of a blind arcade of cusped lancets.

The inscriptions are carved on the sides of the lower tier. The principal inscription runs in two lines around the memorial:

(upper line) TO KEEP IN REMEMBRANCE/ THE MEN OF SHERINGHAM/ AND BEESTON REGIS WHO/

(lower line) GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ CAUSE OF RIGHT & JUSTICE/ IN THE GREAT WAR/

The names are commemorated in dated year-groups on each side. The inscription for the Second World War reads AND OF THOSE WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945.

Around the base is carved THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.

The planters and garden seat which surround the memorial are not included in the listing.

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, 23 January 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 23 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/136840
War Memorials Register, accessed 23 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/20213

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