War Memorial
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Location
| Street: | High Street |
| Town: | Burwash |
| Parish: | Burwash |
| Council: | Rother District Council |
| County: | East Sussex |
| Postcode: | TN19 |
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| Object setting: | Road or Wayside |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | Junction with School Hill, next to St. Bartholomews Church |
| In the AZ book: | East Sussex |
| Page: | 59 |
| Grid reference: | J3 |
| The A-Z books used are A-Z East Sussex and A-Z West Sussex (Editions 1A 2005). Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd. Sevenoaks. | |
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Makers
| Name : | Sir Charles Archibald Nicholson |
| Role: | Architect |
| Company/Group : | W.J. Ellis |
| Role: | Builder |
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | Public subscription |
| Unveiling date: | 24/10/1920 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Object listing: | Grade II: of special interest warranting every effort to preserve them |
| Listing date: | 25/08/1998 |
| Description: | A hexagonal obelisk. On the south face is a wooden door with a stone step at its base, that allows access to the lantern mechanism. The middle step of three steps at the base is hollow and planted with flowers. The top of the first section of the shaft is castellated. On each of the six sides of the upper section, there is a carved shield. The memorial is set in a triangular stone slabbed area with four uplighters. The top section of the memorial is a lantern surmounted by a stone cross. |
| Inscription: | REMEMBER THE MEN OF BURWASH WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY A.D.1914.1919 At the bottom of the lower section of the obelisk, extending around three sides: THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE The names of 56 men are carved on its six sides |
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Classification
| Categories: | Roadside / Wayside, Commemorative, Military |
| Object type1: | Shaft |
| Object subtype1: | Obelisk |
| Object type2: | War memorial |
| Object subtype1: | WWI and WWII |
| Subject type1: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Lantern |
| Material: | None |
| Height (cm): | 180 |
| Width (cm): | 80 |
| Depth (cm): | 80 |
| Part 2: | Six sided stepped base |
| Material: | None |
| Height (cm): | 60 |
| Width (cm): | 210 |
| Depth (cm): | 210 |
| Part 3: | Obelisk, bottom section |
| Material: | None |
| Height (cm): | 220 |
| Width (cm): | 120 |
| Depth (cm): | 120 |
| Part 4: | Obelisk, upper section |
| Material: | None |
| Height (cm): | 220 |
| Width (cm): | 100 |
| Depth (cm): | 100 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Condition 1 of type: | Surface |
| Condition 1: | Corrosion, Deterioration |
| Condition 2: | Biological growth |
| More details: | Some weather wearing to shields. Some biological growth to the base. |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 07/07/2007 |
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History
| History: | Sir Charles Nicholson, Bart. was the consultant architect for seven cathedrals as well as the designer of Government House in Jamaica.
The memorial cost a total of £700 including an architects fee of £63 and £590 2s 6d builders fees. The memorial was unveiled by General Lord Horne before a crowd of 2000 including ex-servicemen under the command of Major Joseph Jefferson and his niece’s husband, Lt. Wilfred Maude-Roxby, late of the Shropshire Light Infantry. The Burwash Brass Band under Mr. Edward Jenner played ‘Abide With Me’ then ‘O Valiant Hearts’ with a solo by Mr. Henry Pagden. Finally after prayers the Chairman of the Committee, Lt. Col. Arthur Sutherland Harris JP, requested Lord Horne to carry out the unveiling. The inclusion of the lantern, still lit on the anniversary of the death of each serviceman, is an unusual feature in England, where there are only a handful of others, and is similar to the Lanternes des Morts found in central and southern France. The light was originally an oil lamp lit and then raised by a pulley. ('Burwash: Domesday to Millennium') 'A moving custom has become established over the years at Burwash in the High Weald. Local man Alby Waterhouse took it upon himself to turn on the light at the pinnacle of the village war memorial, beside St. Bartholomew's Church, on the commemoration date of the death of each of the names inscribed. The custom has been continued by his son Richard.' (Front-line Sussex) |
| Hard archive file: | Yes |
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References
| Source 1 : | |
| Title: | 'Front-line Sussex: Napoleon Bonaparte to the Cold War' |
| Type: | Book |
| Author: | Longstaff-Tyrrell, Peter. |
| Date: | 00/00/2000 |
| Page: | 24 |
| Publisher: | Sutton Publishing Ltd. Stroud. |
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| Title: | 'Burwash: Domesday to Millennium' |
| Type: | Book |
| Author: | Barkshire, John. |
| Date: | 00/00/2000 |
| Publisher: | John Barkshire. Burwash. |
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Photographs
Date: 05/07/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Date: 05/07/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
 Date: 05/07/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Date: 05/07/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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