Crowton War Memorial
Junction of Ainsworth Road and Kingsley Road, Crowton, Cheshire, CW8 2RN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1428319
- Date first listed:
- 06-Aug-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Crowton War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Junction of Ainsworth Road and Kingsley Road, Crowton, Cheshire, CW8 2RN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1428319
- Date first listed:
- 06-Aug-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Crowton War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Junction of Ainsworth Road and Kingsley Road, Crowton, Cheshire, CW8 2RN
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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
- Statutory Address:
- Junction of Ainsworth Road and Kingsley Road, Crowton, Cheshire, CW8 2RN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Crowton
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ5783174562
Summary
First World War memorial, 1921, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Crowton War Memorial, situated at the junction of Ainsworth Road and Kingsley Road, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this local community, and the sacrifice it has made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Design: a well-proportioned wheel-head cross decorated with interlace carving.
History
Crowton War Memorial was constructed in 1921 to commemorate the servicemen from the village who died in the First World War. Details of the fallen of the Second World War were added at a later date. Repairs to the inscriptions funded by War Memorials Trust, including re-cutting and painting the letters, were made in 2005.
Details
The stone memorial comprises a Celtic wheel-head cross rising from a square, tapering, shaft. The front face of the wheel-head is ornamented with three hemispherical bosses and carved interlace patterns. A panel of carved interlace decorates the foot of the shaft, to the front. The shaft rises from a four-stage square plinth, which stands on a square base. Low, square, stone pillars at each corners of the base support iron rails, painted black.
The front face of the shaft displays the principal inscription, IN/ GLORIOUS/ MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN/ FROM THIS/ VILLAGE/ WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR/ KING &/ COUNTRY/ IN THE/ GREAT WARS. The front face of the plinth is inscribed 1914 – 1918/ (4 NAMES) and 1939 – 1945/ (2 NAMES). All inscriptions are incised and painted black.
The memorial stands in a small grassed area enclosed by a hedge. A wooden frame bearing a collection of Best Kept Village Award plaques stands to the left of the memorial, and a flagpole stands in the north-west corner of the enclosure. Eight low posts linked by a chain separate the enclosure from the pavement. This frame, the plaques, flagpole, and the enclosing low fence are not of special interest.
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, 25 July 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Trust, Grants Showcase - Crowton, accessed 23 June 2015 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=80
War Memorials Online, accessed 26 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/135344
War Memorials Register, accessed 25 July 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/72337
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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