South Reddish War Memorial
South Reddish War Memorial, Reddish Road, Reddish, Stockport
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1411126
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-2012
- List Entry Name:
- South Reddish War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- South Reddish War Memorial, Reddish Road, Reddish, Stockport
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1411126
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-2012
- List Entry Name:
- South Reddish War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- South Reddish War Memorial, Reddish Road, Reddish, Stockport
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:
- South Reddish War Memorial, Reddish Road, Reddish, Stockport
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Stockport (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ8984591963
Summary
War memorial commemorating dead of World War I. White granite.
Reasons for Designation
South Reddish War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic Interest: as a poignant reminder of the tragic impact of world events upon an individual community, commemorating the men from the parish of South Reddish who lost their lives fighting in the First World War;
* Design: a well-designed stone memorial incorporating a Celtic cross.
History
The war memorial was erected by public subscription to commemorate the soldiers of South Reddish who died in World War I. The men listed are from a number of different regiments including the local 2nd Manchester Regiment, 1st Cheshire Regiment, various Lancashire regiments, as well as men from a number of Welsh and Scottish regiments, and even a soldier from the Australian Infantry, reflecting the diverse community of the area.
Details
DESCRIPTION: the memorial has a stepped three-stage square base. The upper stage has text in relief lead lettering saying ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / ALL IN SOUTH REDDISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918. Above is a tall, battered pillar, with the names of the men and their regiments recorded in lead lettering on the four faces. It is surmounted by an entablature with PRO PATRIA in relief lettering on the frieze. This supports a Celtic cross rising from a rocky base with a relief-carved wreath to each face. The cross has relief rosettes at its centre and on each arm, with ropework carving on the circular element.
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, 10 August 2017.
Sources
Websites
, accessed from http://maps.stockport.gov.uk/internet/gisshed/infopage2.aspx?idno=552
War Memorials Register, accessed 30 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/13105
War Memorials Online, accessed 10 August 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/251871
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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