HOPE (BOER WAR) MEMORIAL

HOPE (BOER WAR) MEMORIAL, BROADGATE

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A war memorial of 1903 by A.Marshall in Portland Stone. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1247916
Date first listed:: 14-Apr-1987
List Entry Name:: HOPE (BOER WAR) MEMORIAL
Statutory Address:: HOPE (BOER WAR) MEMORIAL, BROADGATE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1247916
Date first listed:: 14-Apr-1987
Date of most recent amendment:: 16-May-2011
List Entry Name:: HOPE (BOER WAR) MEMORIAL
Statutory Address 1:: HOPE (BOER WAR) MEMORIAL, BROADGATE

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: HOPE (BOER WAR) MEMORIAL, BROADGATE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Nottinghamshire
District:: Broxtowe (District Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: SK5319137078

Summary

A war memorial of 1903 by A.Marshall in Portland Stone.

Reasons for Designation

Hope (Boer War) Memorial, erected in 1903, is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic Interest: It has strong cultural and historical significance within both a local and national context, and forms a poignant reminder of the effects of tragic world events on this local community. It has the added interest of being a memorial to the fallen of the Boer War. * Artistic Interest: The memorial has architectural interest in its representation of a female figure known as 'Hope', an unusual subject for a war memorial.

History

The memorial was listed on 14 April 1987. It was moved to its current location in 2006.

The report of the Director of Planning and Community Development to the Broxtowe District Council Development Control Committee on 19 June 2006 notes that the figure on top of the memorial is named 'Hope'. Further to this, it states that there is documentary evidence confirming that the war memorial was first unveiled in 1904 and stood at the junction of Church Street and Chilwell Road in Beeston, in front of the (then) council offices, and that the memorial was relocated to Broadgate in c1916 when new development took place in that locality.

Details

The memorial is in the Classical style. It has a lobed square base with wreathed tablet and apron to the north face, which is inscribed "This memorial was erected by public subscription to the honoured memory of Beeston soldiers who lost their lives during the Boer Campaign 1899-1902 in the cause of a united Empire". To the south face is a wreathed inscribed tablet. Above is a stepped lobed base carrying a life-size female figure with cenotaph, known as 'Hope'.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 24 January 2017.

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 429323
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 24 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/172697
War Memorials Register, accessed 24 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/22
Other
Report of the Director of Planning and Community Development to the Broxtowe District Council Development Control Committee (19 June 2006),

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.