War Memorial
WAR MEMORIAL, MARKET PLACE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1392332
- Date first listed:
- 17-Dec-2007
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL, MARKET PLACE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1392332
- Date first listed:
- 17-Dec-2007
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAR MEMORIAL, MARKET PLACE
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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, MARKET PLACE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Derbyshire
- District:
- High Peak (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Castleton
- National Park:
- Peak District
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 15024 82801
Reasons for Designation
* It is a poignant reminder of the impact of the First and Second World Wars on the local community * It is well designed and has high quality carvings by Messrs J. Beresford and Son * It has Group Value with a number of listed buildings around the Market Place
Details
CASTLETON
212/0/10008 MARKET PLACE
17-DEC-07 War Memorial
GV II
War memorial, 1919, designed by L. G. Whitehead and carved by Messrs J. Beresford and Son.
MATERIALS: Derbyshire gritstone.
EXTERIOR: An ornately carved Latin cross mounted on a square base. The west side of the cross is carved with an angel of victory holding a sword, and above it a recumbent deer inside a laurel wreath. On the east side there is a mythical bird on a nest with four chicks. The background carving is in the form of Celtic knots on the east and west sides and swirls on the north and south sides. There are inscribed metal plaques on the base of the cross on the west side, and on a stone lying at its foot. Around the cross on three sides there is a low stone wall with holes for flower vases.
INSCRIPTIONS: The plaque at the base of the cross is inscribed: 'TO THE MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)/ WHO FELL DURING THE/ GREAT WAR, 1914-19'. The plaque on the stone at the foot is inscribed: 'TO THE MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1939-45'.
HISTORY: The memorial was erected by public subscription to commemorate the men of Castleton who were killed in the First World War. It was unveiled by Major S. Hill-Wood on 18 October 1919. The memorial was designed by L. G. Whitehead and constructed by Messrs William Gregory and Son. The inscriptions were by J. Whiteside and the stone carving by Messrs J. Beresford and Son. A dedication to the fallen of the Second World War was added later. In 1984 the base rock garden was replaced by a stone wall with holes for vases.
SOURCES: United Kingdom National Inventory of War Memorials, record no. 604.
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION DECISION:
Castleton War Memorial is designated at Grade II, for the following principal reasons:
* It is a poignant reminder of the impact of the First and Second World Wars on the local community
* It is well designed and has high quality carvings by Messrs J. Beresford and Son
* It has Group Value with a number of listed buildings around the Market Place
SK1502482801
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, 25 January 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 504070
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 25 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/604
War Memorials Online, accessed 25 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/121864
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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