War Memorial Portico at the Cottage Hospital
WAR MEMORIAL PORTICO AT THE COTTAGE HOSPITAL, COVENTRY ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393218
- Date first listed:
- 25-Mar-2009
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial Portico at the Cottage Hospital
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL PORTICO AT THE COTTAGE HOSPITAL, COVENTRY ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393218
- Date first listed:
- 25-Mar-2009
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial Portico at the Cottage Hospital
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAR MEMORIAL PORTICO AT THE COTTAGE HOSPITAL, COVENTRY 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 PORTICO AT THE COTTAGE HOSPITAL, COVENTRY ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Leicestershire
- District:
- Harborough (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 72981 87131
Reasons for Designation
The memorial portico to Market Harborough and District Hospital is designated for listing at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * The memorial portico is a reminder of the tragic impact of world events on local communities.
* It is a simple classical structure that provides a dignified setting to plaques commemorating all those from Market Harborough who served in the First World War.
* Although the Cottage Hospital and its memorial wing are of local historical interest, the memorial portico is the only part of the building that is of special architectural and historical interest in the national context.
Details
911/0/10007 COVENTRY ROAD
25-MAR-09 WAR MEMORIAL PORTICO AT THE COTTAGE HO
SPITAL
II
Also Known As:
WAR MEMORIAL PORTICO AT MARKET HARBOROUGH & DISTRICT HOSPTIAL,
COVENTRY ROAD
First World War Memorial; stone with marble panels and bronze plaque; octagonal in plan. The Cottage Hospital and its memorial wing are not of special architectural or historical interest.
EXTERIOR: The memorial forms the entrance to the memorial wing of a cottage hospital. It has a moulded cornice, with frieze and architrave supported by Tuscan columns at four corners of the three open sides of the octagon. There is a bronze plaque with a scrolled lower edge attached to the frieze between the two front columns inscribed with the following: 'This extension erected by public subscription/ in commemoration of the services of the men of the urban district of Market Harborough in the /Great War. 1914-1918'.
INTERIOR: The remaining five sides of the memorial are recessed within the hospital building, with double doors at the back giving access to the memorial wing. Above the door is a marble tablet with the following inscription: 'The names inscribed on these panels are a record of the/ men from the urban district who served in the Great War./ The names of men who gave their lives are indicated by a cross'. The other four sides, two either side of the door, are filled with marble tablets framed in stone, inscribed with 953 names of those who served; those who died are indicated by a red cross by their name.
HISTORY: A public meeting held in Market Harborough on 12th December 1918 proposed that the town should have two war memorials. The first was a column or cross in the town square to commemorate those who died in the Great War, but the second was to be a free library and reading room in the centre of town in recognition of all those who served. The memorial in the square (listed at Grade II) was dedicated on 21st Sept 1921, but the plans for the library never materialised, and instead were transformed into a memorial extension to the Cottage Hospital, opened in 1923. The hospital was built in 1909.
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The memorial portico to Market Harborough and District Hospital is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* It is a reminder of the tragic impact of world events on local communities.
* It is a simple classical structure that provides a dignified setting to plaques commemorating all those from Market Harborough who served in the First World 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, 19 January 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 504585
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 19 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/50601
War Memorials Online, accessed 19 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/74726
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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