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Title*

Victory, War memorial
County Suffolk   District Council Babergh District Council 
Civil Parish or equivalent Freston  Town/Village* Freston 
Road Freston Street 
Precise Location In churchyard just south of doorway 
OS Grid Ref TM170385  Postcode IP9 
Previous location(s)  
Setting Churchyard  Access Public 
Artist/Maker Role Qualifier
Frederick Rogers  Carver(s)   

Commissioned by

 Public subscription 

Design & Constrn period

 1921 

Date of installing

  

Exact date of unveiling

 3 July 1921 

Category
Abstract Animal Architectural
Commercial Commemorative Composite
Free Functional Funerary
Heraldic Military Natural
Non-Commemorative Performance Portable
Religious Roadside, Wayside Sculptural
Temporary, Mobile Other  

Object Type
Building Clock Tower Architectural
Coat of Arms Cross Fountain
Landscape Marker Medallion
Mural Panel Readymade
Relief Shaft Sculpture
Statue Street Furniture War Memorial
Other Object Sub Type: War memorial

Subject Type
Allegorical Mythological Pictorial
Figurative Non-figurative Portrait
Still-life Symbolic Other

Subject Sub Type
Bust Equestrian Full-length
Group Head Reclining
Seated Standing Torso
Part Material Dimension
Victory  Oak  228cm 

Work is
Extant Not Sited Lost

Owner/Custodian

 Freston Parochial Church Council 

Listing status
Grade I Grade II* Grade II Don't Know Not Listed

Surface Condition
Corrosion, Deterioration Accretions
Bird Guano Abrasions, cracks, splits
Biological growth Spalling, crumbling
Metallic staining Previous treatments
Other  
Detail: Restoration had been planned in 2003 and was completed by Joseph Dawes of Reepham, a relative of the original sculptor, in 2006

Structural Condition
Armature exposed Broken or missing parts
Replaced parts Loose elements
Cracks, splits, breaks, holes Spalling, crumbling
Water collection Other
Detail:

Vandalism
Graffiti Structural damage Surface Damage
Detail:

Overall condition
Good Fair Poor

Risk
No Known Risk At Risk Immediate
Signatures/Marks  
Inscriptions IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FOUGHT AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE THOSE WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914- 1918 

Description (physical)

 The figure is dressed in mock classical robes, with a cloak stretched out behind and tied, rather awkwardly in front. She holds up the victor's laurel wreath, while pointing to the sky with her other hand to indicate the source of the victory. 

Description (iconographical)

 Victory was a popular choice for WWI memorials, the figure being derived from Britannia, and often holding both a laurel wreath and a sword. Here the image is more pacific, gesturing to the heavens. Frederick Rogers, 1862-1928, was member of Royal Society British Sculptors (not as the inscription on the foot of the memorial suggests) a Royal Academician. He was one of family of woodcarvers, father Mark senior and brother Mark junior 1848-1933. 

Photographs

 Date taken:  5/9/2012
Date logged: 

Photographed by:
Sarah Cocke

On Site Inspection

 Date:  5/9/2012

Inspected by:
Richard Cocke

Sources and References

 Mapping the practice and Profession of Sculpture, Frederick Rogers; United Kingdom National Inventory of War memorials, Freston; Archer, G., The Glorious Dead. Figurative Sculpture of British First World War Memorials, Kirstead, 2009, 30ff and 357 

Database

 Date entered:  10/9/2012

Data inputter:
Richard Cocke