War Memorial
WAR MEMORIAL, PRESCOT ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391772
- Date first listed:
- 22-Sept-2006
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL, PRESCOT ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391772
- Date first listed:
- 22-Sept-2006
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAR MEMORIAL, PRESCOT ROAD
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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, PRESCOT ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- West Lancashire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 40930 07726
Details
ORMSKIRK
663-1/0/10034 PRESCOT ROAD
22-SEP-06 WAR MEMORIAL
II
War memorial. White stone obelisk with recessed corners on two-stepped base with low flanking walls ending at dedication stones commemorating the names of the fallen.
Obelisk has the words, 'Be mindful o Lord of thy / servants. Our brethren / who have fallen in the Great Wars / 1914 - 1918, 1939 - 1945 / and gone before us / with the sign of faith / to these and to all that / sleep in Christ grant a / place of refreshment / light and peace Amen' inscribed on the front panel. Above the inscription is an incised wreath. The top of the obelisk is pitched above an aperture containing a red sandstone carving of Christ on the cross with a fallen soldier at its base. The left and right dedication stones contain front panels containing the names of the fallen in the First World War whilst facing side panels containing the names of the fallen in the Second World War.
The war memorial is situated at the edge of St Anne's Churchyard adjacent to Prescot Road, Ormskirk.
Sources: United Kingdom National Inventory of War Memorials. Ref: 3408.
Summary of Importance:
This simple First and Second World War memorial forms an attractive memorial to the dead of two world wars.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 2 February 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 495300
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 2 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/3408
War Memorials Online, accessed 2 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/119235
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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