War Memorial, Trinity Street
War Memorial, Trinity Street
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1163074
- Date first listed:
- 06-Feb-1986
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial, Trinity Street
- Statutory Address:
- War Memorial, Trinity Street
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1163074
- Date first listed:
- 06-Feb-1986
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial, Trinity Street
- Statutory Address 1:
- War Memorial, Trinity Street
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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, Trinity Street
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Tameside (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ9634198552
Details
This list entry was subjected to a Minor Enhancement 25 November 2024 to Update Details and reformat the text to current standards
SJ 99 NE
1033/4/175
STALYBRIDGE
TRINITY STREET (west and east side)
War Memorial
G.V.
II*
The Trinity Street war memorial was sculpted by Ferdinand V. Blundstone (1882-1951), a native of nearby Whaley Bridge, who designed and sculpted memorials and public works internationally including in London, Canada and New Zealand and exhibited at the Royal Academy. The tablets bear the names of 628 men from the town who lost their lives in conflict during the First World War. 24,000 people attended the inauguration on 6 November 1921, a significant proportion of the population of the town at that time. The west side of the memorial was later extended to commemorate those who died in conflict during the Second World War, the new tablet being linked to the earlier old one with bronze railings. It was unveiled on 23rd April 1950, in front of a crowd of 3,000 to 4,000 people, by Gertrude Monday of Mottram Road, who had lost her husband in the 1914-1918 conflict and her son in the 1939-1945 war. The Mayor of Stalybridge, Alderman L. Harris laid the first wreath, followed by Lord Leverhulme, the lord lieutenant of Cheshire.
The memorial comprises a bronze statuary group on ashlar plinths. The walls are segmental in plan and terminate on either side of Trinity Street in piers with statues. There are square piers with swept abutments and crests of arms. Moulded bases carry winged angelic figures supporting dying, battle-clad figures; to the west a soldier and the east a sailor. The segmental walls carry polished granite plaques bearing rolls of honour and are terminated in carved stone lions on square piers.
Listing NGR: SJ9634198552
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 212639
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 30 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/2205
War Memorials Online, accessed 30 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/136430
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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