War Memorial in the front of the Victory/Parish Hall

Church Road, Lytham, Lancashire

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A First World War memorial located in front of St Cuthbert's Victory/Parish Hall, Lytham, architect unknown, unveiled on Armistice Day 1922. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1424077
Date first listed:: 14-Apr-2015
List Entry Name:: War Memorial in the front of the Victory/Parish Hall
Statutory Address:: Church Road, Lytham, Lancashire

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1424077
Date first listed:: 14-Apr-2015
List Entry Name:: War Memorial in the front of the Victory/Parish Hall
Statutory Address 1:: Church Road, Lytham, Lancashire

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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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Church Road, Lytham, Lancashire

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

County:: Lancashire
District:: Fylde (District Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: SD3576827197

Summary

A First World War memorial located in front of St Cuthbert's Victory/Parish Hall, Lytham, architect unknown, unveiled on Armistice Day 1922.

Reasons for Designation

The war memorial in front of St Cuthbert's Victory/Parish Hall, Lytham, unveiled in 1922, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impacts of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it made in the conflicts of the C20; * Group value: the buildings are closely related to a number of Grade II listed structures that are in effect satellites of the Grade II* listed Parish church of St Cuthbert.

History

First World War memorial, in front of the church of St Cuthbert's Victory/Parish Hall, unveiled on Armistice Day, November 1922.

Details

A First World War memorial unveiled on Armistice Day 1922, architect unknown, built of sandstone.

The memorial stands on a square base of stone flagstones positioned on the axis of the Victory Hall behind. It has a two-stepped base surmounted by a square plinth into which is set a tapering shaft topped by a calvary cross. A carved inscription on the south face of the plinth reads IN GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 + 1918 / FOR THEIR SAKES I CONSECRATE MYSELF. The remaining three side of the plinth contain the carved names of 47 men.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 2 February 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 2 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/42707

Legal

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