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Chipstable
Town or City: Chipstable
County: Somerset
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM1915
Value of grant: £460.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: English Heritage/Wolfson Foundation Grants
Year: 2007
UKNIWM reference number: 24919
The war memorial in the Somerset village of Chipstable is the lychgate to All Saints church. It is an oak-framed structure standing on a stone wall, and has a slate-tiled roof. The gates are half-height oak with fine metal straps and bolts and cross pieces in the bottom four openings of each gate. A band of iron above the gate commemorates the fallen of 1914 – 1918.
In 2006/7 English Heritage and the Wolfson Foundation gave £460 towards replacing parts of the gates that had decayed and cleaning and re-painting the metalwork on the gates.
The iron band above the memorial reads
"In memoriam 1914 – 1918"
A brass plaque inside the church on the north wall of the nave lists the individual men.
The gates were built by a local builder, Mr Pring, and dedicated in 1919 or 1920.
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM1915
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 24919
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
