War Memorial at Plumptre Way
War Memorial at Plumptre Way, Nottingham Road
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391721
- Date first listed:
- 04-Aug-2006
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial at Plumptre Way
- Statutory Address:
- War Memorial at Plumptre Way, Nottingham Road
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391721
- Date first listed:
- 04-Aug-2006
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial at Plumptre Way
- Statutory Address 1:
- War Memorial at Plumptre Way, Nottingham Road
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:
- War Memorial at Plumptre Way, Nottingham Road
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Nottinghamshire
- District:
- Broxtowe (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Eastwood
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 47066 46804
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 5 October 2022 to reformat the text to current standards
1570/0/10015
EASTWOOD
NOTTINGHAM ROAD
War Memorial at Plumptre Way
04-AUG-06
II
War memorial unveiled in March 1921. It was designed by a local company, Messrs Holbrook & Co, and built jointly by the Council and local tradesmen. The memorial is in the form of an obelisk and plinth sculpted in Italian marble and standing on a two stepped base of Whatstandwell (Derbyshire) stone.
The front of the obelisk has a carved wreath and the front of the plinth is carved with a crossed rifle, sword and standard and inscribed with "ERECTED IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF EASTWOOD, WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918, AND WORLD WAR 1939-1945.THE MEN WERE VERY GOOD UNTO US, AND WE WERE NOT HURT. THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US, BOTH BY NIGHT AND BY DAY.1 SAMUEL, CHAP 25, VERSES 15 & 16."
The other faces of the plinth are inscribed with the names of the dead from the two World Wars .The area around the memorial is laid with cobblestones .It is surrounded by a chain link fence and to its rear is a low brick wall. Originally dedicated to the town's dead of the First World War, the memorial was subsequently also dedicated to those who died in the Second World War.
The memorial ,including the cobblestones,was originally sited on a plot of land near to the Cemetery Chapel off Church Street (approximately 1 km away), but was moved to its present, more prominent, location in 1978.
Summary of Importance: War memorials have a strong historical and cultural significance on both local and national scales. This memorial, which was designed by Messrs Holbrook & Co and built jointly by the Council and local tradesmen, is a good example of an obelisk memorial. Unveiled in 1921, it was originally dedicated to the dead of the First World War and subsequently also dedicated to the dead of the Second World War. It is of sufficient merit to be listed at Grade II.
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, 5 October 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 495784
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 24 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/38736
War Memorials Online, accessed 5 October 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/85741
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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