Ticklerton War Memorial

TICKLERTON WAR MEMORIAL

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War memorial commemorating those men from Eaton-Under-Heywood who served in the First World War. The memorial was unveiled in April 1920.
Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1392635
Date first listed:
04-Jul-2008
List Entry Name:
Ticklerton War Memorial
Statutory Address:
TICKLERTON WAR MEMORIAL
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1392635
Date first listed:
04-Jul-2008
List Entry Name:
Ticklerton War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:
TICKLERTON WAR MEMORIAL

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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.

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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.

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Location

Statutory Address:
TICKLERTON WAR MEMORIAL

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Eaton-under-Heywood
National Grid Reference:
SO 48453 90883

Reasons for Designation

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION DECISION Ticklerton war memorial is designated at Grade II, for the following principal reasons: * War memorials have a very strong historical and cultural significance on both a local and national scale as a reminder of past global conflict. * Striking monument of classical form, identical in design to other listed memorials.

Details

EATON UNDER HEYWOOD

1312-1/0/10006 TICKLERTON
04-JUL-08 Ticklerton War Memorial

II
War memorial commemorating those men from Eaton-Under-Heywood who served in the First World War. The memorial was unveiled in April 1920.

The memorial consists of a Grinshill sandstone stepped square plinth with pedestal in form of Roman funerary monument, surmounted by tapering obelisk, pointed at summit. It is bordered by a double railed post and rail fence.

On the front of the pedestal is an inscription which reads as follows: THIS OBELISK IS ERECTED IN HONOUR OF THE MEN FROM EATON-UNDER-HEYWOOD WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918. On either side of the obelisk and supported on low inclined pedestals are bronze commemorative plaques each inscribed at the top with THE WAR MEMORIAL followed by a list of names including rank and sometimes regiment.

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION
Ticklerton war memorial is listed at Grade II, for the following principal reasons:
* War memorials have a very strong historical and cultural significance on both a local and national scale as a reminder of past global conflict.
* Striking monument of classical form, identical in design to other listed memorials.


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, 19 January 2017.

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Legacy System number:
503886
Legacy System:
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Sources

Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 19 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/14058
War Memorials Online, accessed 19 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/109758

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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