Scaleby War Memorial

Outside Village Hall, Church Close, Scaleby, Cumbria, CA6 4LJ

Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places

Overview

First World War memorial, 1920. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1463523
Date first listed:: 05-Apr-2019
List Entry Name:: Scaleby War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Outside Village Hall, Church Close, Scaleby, Cumbria, CA6 4LJ

Scaleby War Memorial — Uploaded by D Moore This photo may not represent the current condition of the site
View all

Location

Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.

What is the National Heritage List for England?

The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.

The list includes:

🏠 Buildings
🏰 Scheduled monuments
🌳 Parks and gardens
⚔️ Battlefields
⚓ Shipwrecks

Find out more about listing

Historic England Archive

Search over 1 million photographs and drawings from the 1850s to the present day using our images archive.

Find Photos

Also of interest

Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1463523
Date first listed:: 05-Apr-2019
List Entry Name:: Scaleby War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Outside Village Hall, Church Close, Scaleby, Cumbria, CA6 4LJ

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Outside Village Hall, Church Close, Scaleby, Cumbria, CA6 4LJ

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

District:: Cumberland (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Scaleby
National Grid Reference:: NY4478863122

Summary

First World War memorial, 1920.

Reasons for Designation

Scaleby War Memorial, erected in 1920, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

Historic interest:

* as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20.

Architectural interest:

* a good example of a monumental masons' war memorial in the form of a decorative Celtic cross, executed in granite.

Group value:

* with a small group of Grade II-listed buildings including the Church of All Saints.

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. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and also the official policy of not repatriating the dead, which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.

Scaleby War Memorial was erected in 1920 outside the village hall to commemorate two local servicemen who fell in the First World war, and 28 who served. It was made by monumental masons Messrs Beattie and Co of Carlisle, who were responsible for many war memorials in the north of England and in Scotland, some of which are Grade II listed. It was unveiled on 12 July 1920 by Sir Robert Allison, Chairman of the War Memorial Committee. There was a children's tea party the following afternoon.

Details

First World War memorial, 1920.

MATERIALS: grey Scottish granite

DESCRIPTION: the memorial is prominently situated outside the village hall facing the main road through the settlement and visible from the road. It takes the form of a wheel head Celtic cross with a central boss surrounded by knot work carvings, which continue on to the uppermost and lowermost sections of the shaft. The latter is tapering and bears inscriptions in leaded lettering, atop a two-tiered moulded base. The inscription is in leaded lettering on the front face of the base and reads: TO THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO SERVED IN THE WAR/ 1914-1918. The names of the two Fallen are listed by surname at the top of the shaft, and underneath are listed the names of those who served and returned.

Sources

Websites
Imperial War Museum Inventory, accessed 07-03-2019 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/4314
War Memorials Online , accessed 07-03-2019 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/176894/

Legal

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