War Memorial
WAR MEMORIAL, STANHOPE DRIVE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1392280
- Date first listed:
- 31-Aug-2007
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL, STANHOPE DRIVE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1392280
- Date first listed:
- 31-Aug-2007
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAR MEMORIAL, STANHOPE DRIVE
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, STANHOPE DRIVE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Leeds (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Horsforth
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 24288 37995
Details
1495/0/10028 STANHOPE DRIVE
31-AUG-07 WAR MEMORIAL
II
War Memorial, erected 1929, manufactured by James Hird Thompson, in stone.
An irregularly shaped monolith of grey stone, c.2 metres high, set in an area of paving raised on a low brick platform, with two steps to the front and angled raised flower beds in brick to either side.
The front face bears a bronze plaque reading THIS AVENUE IS PLANTED/IN COMMEMORATION OF THE/ 211 MAN AND WOMEN FROM HORSFORTH/ WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1918./"WE LIE DEAD IN MANY LANDS/THAT YOU MAY LIVE HERE IN PEACE"
The memorial stone is at the centre of an avenue of trees planted along the side of the road (Stanhope Drive), originally with a name plaque on each tree. These plaques are now lost but the trees remain, forming part of the war memorial. The memorial was unveiled by the Countess of Harewood in 1929.
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION:
The Horsforth War Memorial is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* An eloquent witness to the impact of world events on a local community
* Its strong physical presence reflects an awareness of the loss of life from the war
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, 1 February 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 503418
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 1 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/22065
War Memorials Online, accessed 1 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/102026
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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