War Memorial
WAR MEMORIAL, ELMTON ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1108960
- Date first listed:
- 23-Mar-1989
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL, ELMTON ROAD
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1108960
- Date first listed:
- 23-Mar-1989
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAR MEMORIAL, ELMTON ROAD
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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.
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, ELMTON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Derbyshire
- District:
- Bolsover (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Elmton with Creswell
- National Grid Reference:
- SK5222474138
Details
SK 57 SW PARISH OF ELMTON WITH CRESWELL ELMTON ROAD,CRESWELL
5/119 (South Side)
War Memorial
II
War memorial. c1918, by Borrowdale of Worksop. Portland stone ashlar. Set on a
base of two steps, square in plan, enclosed by eight obelisks linked by chains.
Tapering pedestal with stepped and moulded base and moulded cap. The sides
inscribed Sacred to the Memory of the Brave Men of this Parish who fell in the
Great War 1914-1919 and with the names of those men of the parish who gave their
lives in the two world wars, and of one who died in Korea in 1953. Lettering in
lead. Also inscribed Borrowdale/Sculptor/Worksop. Surmounted by a life size
sculpture of a soldier in First World War uniform.
Listing NGR: SK5222474138
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, 25 January 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 79289
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 25 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/683
War Memorials Online, accessed 25 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/121795
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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