War Memorial at Junction of Church Street and Wales Road
WAR MEMORIAL AT JUNCTION OF CHURCH STREET AND WALES ROAD, THE SQUARE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1193129
- Date first listed:
- 15-Oct-1986
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial at Junction of Church Street and Wales Road
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL AT JUNCTION OF CHURCH STREET AND WALES ROAD, THE SQUARE
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- Date:
- 2001-09-01
- Reference:
- IOE01/04541/30
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1193129
- Date first listed:
- 15-Oct-1986
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial at Junction of Church Street and Wales Road
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAR MEMORIAL AT JUNCTION OF CHURCH STREET AND WALES ROAD, THE SQUARE
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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 AT JUNCTION OF CHURCH STREET AND WALES ROAD, THE SQUARE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Rotherham (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Wales
- National Grid Reference:
- SK4777482909
Details
SK48SE
4/119
WALES
THE SQUARE
(south side)
War Memorial at junction of Church Street and Wales Road
II
War memorial. Mid 1920's. Marble. Square-sectioned pedestal with moulded
plinth and cornice surmounted by well-carved statue of an infantryman in full
battle dress. Inscription dedicates the memorial to the men of the parish lost
in the Great War and adds: "THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY THE PARISHONERS".
Later inscriptions record the dead of 1939-45 and of later conflicts.
Listing NGR: SK4777482909
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, 31 January 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 335870
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 31 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/27905
War Memorials Online, accessed 31 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/209128
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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