Mickleover War Memorial

All Saints Churchyard, Etwall Road, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DL

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First World War memorial, dedicated 1920, with Second World War additions of 1949It was sculpted by W Gadsby and Company of Derby. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1431898
Date first listed:: 02-Feb-2016
List Entry Name:: Mickleover War Memorial
Statutory Address:: All Saints Churchyard, Etwall Road, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DL

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1431898
Date first listed:: 02-Feb-2016
List Entry Name:: Mickleover War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: All Saints Churchyard, Etwall Road, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DL

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: All Saints Churchyard, Etwall Road, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DL

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: City of Derby (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: SK3056934149

Summary

First World War memorial, dedicated 1920, with Second World War additions of 1949. It was sculpted by W Gadsby and Company of Derby.

Reasons for Designation

Mickleover war memorial, dedicated in 1920, with Second World War additions of 1949, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

* Historic interest: it is a poignant reminder of the impact of tragic world events upon an individual community and, thus, has strong cultural and historical significance within both a local and national context;

* Design interest: as an accomplished and well-executed memorial which takes the simple form of a Latin cross;

* Group value: with the Church of All Saints (listed Grade II*).

History

The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. One such memorial was erected in the churchyard of All Saints in Mickleover to commemorate the 26 local men who died. It was unveiled and dedicated on 23 May 1920, with the building of a village institute on Station Road being the second part of the commemoration scheme. A second dedicatory inscription was unveiled on 6 November 1949 to commemorate the 20 local men who died during the Second World War.

Details

First World War memorial, dedicated 1920, with Second World War additions of 1949. It was sculpted by W Gadsby and Company of Derby.

MATERIALS: of Hopton Wood limestone

PLAN: it is square on plan.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial takes the form of a Latin cross and comprises a two-step base, a trapezoidal plinth with a moulded top and a tall, plain shaft which tapers in rectangular section to a plain cross head. Fixed to the south-east side of the plinth is a bronze plaque which reads: 'TO THE GLORIOUS DEAD / OF MICKLEOVER / 1914-1919/ [Names]'. On the north-west side there is a second plaque reading: 'TO THE GLORIOUS DEAD / OF MICKLEOVER / 1939-1945 / [Names].

The memorial stands on the south side of the churchyard in a square, paved area that is further subdivided around its base by kerb stones with stone vases. The vases are inscribed: 'BRITISH LEGION / MICKLEOVER'.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 5 October 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 5 October 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/150674
War Memorials Register, accessed 26 November 2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/55492
Other
Derby Daily Telegraph, 5 November 1949

Legal

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

The listed building(s) is/are shown coloured blue on the attached map. Pursuant to s.1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’), structures attached to or within the curtilage of the listed building (save those coloured blue on the map: a two-step base, a trapezoidal plinth and Latin cross, paved area, kerb stones and stone vases) are not to be treated as part of the listed building for the purposes of the Act.