Scrooby War Memorial

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War memorial, unveiled in 1920.
Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1421773
Date first listed:
08-Dec-2014
List Entry Name:
Scrooby War Memorial
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1421773
Date first listed:
08-Dec-2014
List Entry Name:
Scrooby War Memorial
Location Description:
St Wilfrid's Churchyard, Low Road, Scrooby, Nottinghamshire

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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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

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

County:
Nottinghamshire
District:
Bassetlaw (District Authority)
Parish:
Scrooby
National Grid Reference:
SK6523490754

Summary

War memorial, unveiled in 1920.

Reasons for Designation

Scrooby war memorial by Clarkson and Co of Rotherham, unveiled in 1920, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest; for its poignant and well-executed design;
* Group value: its close proximity with the church of St Wilfrid (Grade II*), and the Old Vicarage and churchyard wall (both Grade II).

History

The war memorial, in remembrance of men of Scrooby lost in the First World War, was unveiled on 5 June 1920 by Mr FL Wilkinson, a churchwarden, and dedicated by the vicar, the Rev LA Williams. It was made by Clarkson and Co (of Rotherham). Cost was £91.

Details

War memorial, unveiled in 1920, designed and made by Clarkson and Co. of Rotherham.

The grey polished grey granite memorial comprises a broken column set on a tapering plinth, itself set on two-stage square base itself set on a single-step base. The lightly incised inscription, running downwards from the lower section of the obelisk over the plinths, reads: 1914-1919/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR (6 names) THE PRICE OF VICTORY.

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, 24 January 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 24 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/27073
War Memorials Online, accessed 24 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/134296

Other
Bassetlaw Outdoor War Memorials Survey, May 2014,

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Ordnance survey map of Scrooby War Memorial

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