War Memorial at Bradshaw Tennis Club
WAR MEMORIAL AT BRADSHAW TENNIS CLUB
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1031868
- Date first listed:
- 10-Sept-2002
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial at Bradshaw Tennis Club
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL AT BRADSHAW TENNIS CLUB
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1031868
- Date first listed:
- 10-Sept-2002
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial at Bradshaw Tennis Club
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAR MEMORIAL AT BRADSHAW TENNIS CLUB
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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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL AT BRADSHAW TENNIS CLUB
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Bolton (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 73362 12362
Details
797-1/0/10014
War Memorial at Bradshaw Tennis Club
10-SEP-02
II
War memorial. Dedicated in 1922. Ashlar Portland stone monument consisting of a wide rectangular slab with a moulded cap set above a cornice moulding. The slab is set upon a stepped plinth, and carries an inscription on its east face which reads
'GREAT WAR (1914- 1919 ) . TO COMMEMORATE THE GREAT SACRIFICE OF 23 MEMBERS OF THE BRADSHAW CRICKET CLUB WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR AND THIS CRICKET GROUND IS FOR-EVER DEDICATED TO THEIR HEROIC MEMORY. APRIL 29th 1922.' The names of the fallen are recorded on the west face, and the 2 end faces carry relief carvings, that to the south depicting a rifle and sword crossed above a helmet and below a laurel wreath, that to the north with crossed cricket bats above cricket stumps.
HISTORY: The memorial was erected by Lt. Colonel H.M. Hardcastle who also gave the cricket field to the local community.
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 30 January 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 489762
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 30 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/43703
War Memorials Online, accessed 30 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/81049
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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