List Entry Summary

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


Name: Lyminge War Memorial.

List entry Number: 1447501.

Location

Churchyard of St Mary and St Ethelburga, Church Road, Lyminge, Kent, ST18 8EJ
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The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority. .


County: Kent.

District: Shepway.

District Type: District Authority.

Parish: Lyminge.


National Park: Not applicable to this List entry..


Grade: II.


Date first listed: 24-May-2018.

Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry..

Asset Groupings

This list entry does not comprise part of an Asset Grouping. Asset Groupings are not part of the official record but are added later for information..

List entry Description

Summary of Building

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

Reasons for Designation

Lyminge War Memorial, situated in the churchyard of St Mary and St Ethelburga Church, 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 local community, and the sacrifice it has made in the conflicts of the C20.

Architectural interest:

* as a well-proportioned cross pattée in granite.

Group value:

* it has group value with the Grade-I listed Church of St Mary and St Ethelburga, as well as two other Grade-II listed monuments situated within the churchyard, and the Grade-II listed Old Rectory. .

History

The aftermath of the First World War saw an unprecedented wave of public commemoration with tens of thousands of memorials erected across the country, 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 Lyminge, as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lose their lives in the First World War.

By the end of 1920, £195 13s 6d had been raised by public subscription to fund the memorial’s construction. The memorial was designed by Rhodes Minnis resident Mr F Wheeler and constructed by masons Fenning and Co of Hammersmith, London. Estimated at a cost of £300, the owner of Lyminge Mill, Mr Fisher, helped to cover the shortfall by carting the monument from the railway to the churchyard and supplying sand, cement and clinker.

Lyminge War Memorial was unveiled in the churchyard on the 25 September 1921 by Colonel C H Wayland, to commemorate the lives of the 28 men from the village who died in the First World War. There were said to be between five and six hundred people present at the dedication ceremony, including ex-servicemen and Sunday school children.

In 1939, the original concrete base was replaced with granite to stabilise the memorial. At this time, the inscriptions were recut and painted.

In 1947, 13 further names were added to the memorial to commemorate those who lost their lives during the Second World War.

The memorial was cleaned in 2013 using Parish Council funds. [1]

<1> Historic England, 2018, Lyminge War Memorial (Listing Report). SKE51714.