War Memorial
WAR MEMORIAL, CHURCHFIELD ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393133
- Date first listed:
- 16-Feb-2009
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL, CHURCHFIELD ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393133
- Date first listed:
- 16-Feb-2009
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAR MEMORIAL, CHURCHFIELD ROAD
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, CHURCHFIELD ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Doncaster (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Clayton with Frickley
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 45515 07738
Reasons for Designation
Clayton with Frickley war memorial is designated at grade II for the following principal reasons: * It forms a poignant reminder of the effects of tragic world events on this local community * Although simple, it employs the use of good quality craftsmanship
Details
CLAYTON WITH FRICKLEY
1200/0/10019 CHURCHFIELD ROAD
16-FEB-09 War Memorial
II
War memorial c.1920 situated within a small garden area on the side of Churchfield Road, the main street through the village of Clayton, on the junction with Tan Pit Lane. Designer unknown.
DESCRIPTION
The memorial is in the form of a simple Latin cross surmounting a tapering octagonal column supported by an octagonal plinth. Surrounding the plinth is the inscription:
REMEMBER THE MEN OF CLAYTON WITH FRICKLEY WHO DIED FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY
Beneath this the plinth also carries the names of 7 World War I and 4 World War II casualties ordered by surname. The plinth is supported by a flight of 3 octagonal steps, the lowest of which in replacement stone, and is surrounded by low posts linked by simple chains.
HISTORY
It is not known precisely when the memorial was erected, although an order of service for Clayton with Frickley's war memorial is dated 1920-23. It is not known who commissioned or designed it. In 2007 it received a grant for repairs, which led to the replacement of the stone to the lower step.
SOURCES
United Kingdom National Inventory of War Memorials, 2008. Available on http://www.ukniwm.org.uk
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council, 2008. Archives Place Names Index. Available on http://www.doncaster.gov.uk
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION
Clayton with Frickley war memorial is designated at grade II for the following principal reasons:
* It forms a poignant reminder of the effects of tragic world events on this local community
* Although simple, it employs the use of good quality craftsmanship
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, 31 January 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 505033
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 31 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/28100
War Memorials Online, accessed 31 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/96116
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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