Bolehill and Steeple Grange War Memorial
BOLEHILL AND STEEPLE GRANGE WAR MEMORIAL, NEW ROAD, BOLEHILL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391951
- Date first listed:
- 21-Feb-2007
- List Entry Name:
- Bolehill and Steeple Grange War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- BOLEHILL AND STEEPLE GRANGE WAR MEMORIAL, NEW ROAD, BOLEHILL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391951
- Date first listed:
- 21-Feb-2007
- List Entry Name:
- Bolehill and Steeple Grange War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- BOLEHILL AND STEEPLE GRANGE WAR MEMORIAL, NEW ROAD, BOLEHILL
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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:
- BOLEHILL AND STEEPLE GRANGE WAR MEMORIAL, NEW ROAD, BOLEHILL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Derbyshire
- District:
- Derbyshire Dales (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Wirksworth
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 28936 55090
Details
WIRKSWORTH
812/0/10016 NEW ROAD, BOLEHILL
21-FEB-07 Bolehill
Bolehill and Steeple Grange War Memorial
II
DESCRIPTION
First World War memorial built in 1925. Designed by Harry Hopkins and built by W. Gallimore and Sons both of Wirksworth. It is constructed in reinforced concrete blocks which takes the form of an alcove shelter. The memorial is rectangular in plan and built in a classical design. The shelter has a pointed arch roof supported by flanking pilasters. The pilasters were originally decorated with Hopton Wood stone tablets but these have now been removed. The capitals above the pilasters are decorated with moulded concrete wreaths with the inscription of 1914 on the left side and 1919 on the right. In relief across the arch reads `They died that we may live'. On the back wall of the shelter are two white Italian marble tablets. That to the left records the fact that it was erected by public subscription in honour of the men of Bolehill and Steeple Grange who sacrificed their lives in the Great War. The tablet to the right lists the names of the twelve men who lost their lives. A third marble tablet has been inserted on the internal left wall of the shelter. This tablet records the fact that it too was erected by public subscription in memory of the men from Bolehill and Steeple Grange who sacrificed their lives in World War II and lists the two names. A slatted metal bench sits within the shelter.
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE
War memorials have a very strong historical and cultural significance on both a local and national scale. War memorials erected by communities to honour their war dead are generally considered of special interest because of their very strong historic and cultural significance both on a local and national scale. This is a good example, erected in 1925, and dedicated to the men of Bolehill and Steeple Grange who sacrificed their lives in the First World War, and a further two who lost their lives in the Second World War. It is unusual in its form as a recess shelter and innovative in the early use of re-inforced moulded concrete in its construction, which add to its architectural interest. This memorial fully meets the criteria for listing in a national context.
SOURCES
Plan of Bolehill and Steeple Grange War memorial, Harry Hopkins architect and surveyor October 1923
Building contract, W. Gallimore and sons April 14 1924
NGR SK2893655091
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, 25 January 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 496261
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 25 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/14495
War Memorials Online, accessed 25 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/205988
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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