Listed building outline

Holy Island War Memorial

Field	Value	Fact links
Reference	1042308	Facts
Prefix	listed-building-outline	Facts
Name	Holy Island War Memorial	Facts
Dataset	Listed building outline	no fact link
Organisation	Northumberland County Council	no fact link
Start date	1986-05-15	no fact link
End date		no fact link
Entry date	2015-10-28	Facts
Typology	geography	no fact link
Geometry	`MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.800697 55.668283, -1.800725 55.668274, -1.800729 55.668265, -1.800722 55.668253, -1.800692 55.668247, -1.800667 55.668259, -1.80067 55.668274, -1.800697 55.668283)))` `MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.800697 55.668283, -1.800725 55.668274, -1.800729 55.668265, -1.800722 55.668253, -1.800692 55.668247, -1.800667 55.668259, -1.80067 55.668274, -1.800697 55.668283)))`	Facts
Point	`POINT (-1.800698 55.668265)`	Facts
Notes	Date of most recent amendment: 28-Oct-2015 Summary of Building First World War memorial by Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens, 1922. Later additions for the Second World War. Reasons for Designation Holy Island War Memorial, situated on The Heugh, is listed at Grade II* for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impacts of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it made in the conflicts of the C20; * Architect: by the nationally renowned architect Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens (1869-1944), who designed 58 memorials at home and abroad including the Cenotaph in Whitehall; * Design quality: a simple yet elegant cross; * Group value: adjacent to the scheduled remains of Lindisfarne Priory and positioned within sight of Lindisfarne Castle (listed Grade I), which was converted to a house in 1902 by Lutyens for Edward Hudson with its registered garden (Grade II) designed by Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll. History The great wave of memorial building after the First World War resulted in thousands of commemorative monuments being raised both at home and on the battlefield. Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens was the most outstanding designer to work in this field. This is one of 15 War Crosses designed by Lutyens, sharing a broadly similar design. The earliest to be erected was at Miserden, Gloucestershire, in 1920; the latest at Station Road, York, in 1925. In 1902, Lutyens had been commissioned by Edward Hudson to convert the C16 Lindisfarne Castle into a residential property. It is assumed that the commission for the war memorial arose because of the work that Lutyens had undertaken for Hudson. Lutyens donated his services to the War Memorial Committee. The memorial was carved in Doddington stone by Mr Tully of Belford; Lutyens chose this stone to chime with the stone of Lindisfarne Priory. At a well-attended ecumenical service, on 4 June 1922, the memorial was unveiled by Major Morley Crossman DSO and dedicated by Rev WB Hall. An inscription to commemorate those local servicemen who died fighting during the Second World War was added at a later date. Following storm damage which broke the shaft in the winter of 1983-4, the top of the memorial was replaced. Sir Edwin Lutyens OM RA (1869-1944) was the leading English architect of his generation. Before the First World War his reputation rested on his country houses and his work at New Delhi, but during and after the war he became the pre-eminent architect for war memorials in England, France and the British Empire. While the Cenotaph in Whitehall (London) had the most influence on other war memorials, the Thiepval Arch was the most influential on other forms of architecture. He designed the Stone of Remembrance which was placed in all Imperial War Graves Commission cemeteries and some cemeteries in England, including some with which he was not otherwise associated. Details MATERIALS: Doddington stone. DESCRIPTION: The memorial comprises the war cross design by Sir Edwin Lutyens, a slender tapering cross c5m tall. The lozenge-sectioned shaft and short cross arms are linked to the base by stop chamfers and cyma moulding. The shaft rises from a three-stage base standing on a low, circular, step. The principal inscription, incised into the east face of the middle stage of the base reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ 1914 ? 1918. On the west face is carved TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ 1939 ? 1945. The names of the fallen are carved below on the faces of the lower stage. The memorial stands on The Heugh, to the south of the ruins of Lindisfarne Priory and overlooking Lindisfarne Castle and the harbour, with the Farne Islands in the distance to the east. Selected Sources Books and journals Skelton, T, Gliddon, G, Lutyens and the Great War, (2008), 83 Websites Imperial War Museum, War Memorials Archive, accessed 01/09/2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/33465 North East War Memorials Project, Holy Island cross, accessed 22/09/2015 from http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=7653 Other War Memorial Unveiled at Holy Island, The Berwick Advertiser, 9 June 1922, p5. National Grid Reference: NU1263741658	Facts
Listed building	1042308	Facts

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