Huncoat War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1424126
- Date first listed:
- 12-Feb-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Huncoat War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1424126
- Date first listed:
- 12-Feb-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Huncoat War Memorial
- Location Description:
- The Recreation Ground, Burnley Lane, Huncoat, Lancashire, BB5 6LF
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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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- Hyndburn (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD7791530394
Summary
First World War memorial. 1922, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Huncoat War Memorial, which stands in the Recreation Ground off Burnley Road, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reason:
* 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.
History
The war memorial in remembrance of the men of Huncoat lost in the First World War was unveiled by local clergy and dignitaries on 29 April 1922. The memorial was repaired in 1936 after being blown over in a storm. Its railings, part of the original design, were removed in 1939. The names of those who died in the Second World War were added after 1945.
Details
The war memorial stands on high ground on the southern side of the Recreation Ground. Nearly 5m tall, it is in the form of a stone Celtic cross raised on a plinth and standing on a three-stepped base. The arms of the cross are decorated with an interlace pattern. It is surrounded by a square area of sunken paving. The inscriptions and names are recorded on the plinth and the middle steps. The inscription to those lost in the First World War reads TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY/ PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION AD 1922/ IN ETERNAL REMEMBRANCE OF/ THE MEN OF HUNCOAT/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
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, 2 February 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 20/11/2014 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/18620
War Memorials Online, accessed 2 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/134477
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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