Crimean War Memorial Pump
CRIMEAN WAR MEMORIAL PUMP, MARKET PLACE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1192983
- Date first listed:
- 24-Nov-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Crimean War Memorial Pump
- Statutory Address:
- CRIMEAN WAR MEMORIAL PUMP, MARKET PLACE
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- Date:
- 2003-02-15
- Reference:
- IOE01/10121/12
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1192983
- Date first listed:
- 24-Nov-1966
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 17-Jun-2010
- List Entry Name:
- Crimean War Memorial Pump
- Statutory Address 1:
- CRIMEAN WAR MEMORIAL PUMP, MARKET PLACE
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.
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:
- CRIMEAN WAR MEMORIAL PUMP, MARKET PLACE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Doncaster (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Thorne
- National Grid Reference:
- SE6883013203
Details
1486/15/105
24-NOV-66
THORNE
MARKET PLACE
Crimean War Memorial Pump
(Formerly listed as:
MEMORIAL PARK
CRIMEAN WAR MEMORIAL PUMP SITUATED APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES TO EAST OF NORTH WEST ENTRANCE TO PARK)
(Formerly listed as:
THE GREEN
CRIMEAN WAR MEMORIAL PUMP)
II
Crimean War Memorial Pump of 1856 in cast iron.
It has a moulded, circular trough set at the foot of a Doric column. It has spouts above the trough and to the left near the top. The original plaque and cranked handle with linkages has been removed. The column has 12-sided bands beneath the base and capital. It is set on top of a roughly triangular stone and concrete modern structure, approximately two feet high. This platform is not of special interest.
HISTORY: Erected as a memorial to the fallen of the Crimean War. It was formerly situated at The Green, and was listed at this site on the 24 November 1966. It was subsequently relocated approximately 10m to the east of the north west entrance to the Memorial Park in Thorne. The list entry was amended to reflect this move on 29 September 1987. Its original form and former plaque details can be seen on the matching pump which still remains within the Memorial Park (also listed at Grade II). Listed Building Consent was granted on 21 March 2005 to relocate the pump to the Market Place.
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION:
The Crimean War Memorial Pump in the Market Place, Thorne, is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* It is a poignant reminder of the tragic impact of international events upon an individual community
* It is a very early example of an outdoor war memorial
* Its rarity in a national context compensates for the loss of some original features
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, 10 August 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 334683
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 31 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/28052
War Memorials Online, accessed 10 August 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/251433
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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