Brockholes War Memorial
Junction of Oakes Lane and Brockholes Lane, Brockholes, West Yorkshire, HD9 7EB
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1429150
- Date first listed:
- 21-Sept-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Brockholes War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Junction of Oakes Lane and Brockholes Lane, Brockholes, West Yorkshire, HD9 7EB
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1429150
- Date first listed:
- 21-Sept-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Brockholes War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Junction of Oakes Lane and Brockholes Lane, Brockholes, West Yorkshire, HD9 7EB
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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 Oakes Lane and Brockholes Lane, Brockholes, West Yorkshire, HD9 7EB
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Kirklees (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Holme Valley
- National Grid Reference:
- SE1528710899
Summary
First World War memorial, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Brockholes War Memorial, situated at the junction of Oakes Lane and Brockholes Lane, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reason:
* 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.
History
Brockholes War Memorial was erected following the end of the First World War to mark the service of local men during the conflict, and to commemorate 22 who had died fighting. Further names were added following the Second World War to commemorate the eight servicemen who fell between 1939 and 1945. Repairs, including the replacement of some damaged stone paving and the restoration of the iron railings, were carried out in 2008, funded by War Memorials Trust.
Details
The memorial stands at the roadside, at the junction of Brockholes Lane and Oakes Lane in a residential area, facing the Victoria Recreation Ground. Built of limestone, it comprises a Latin cross rising from the stepped and moulded coping of a low wall. The front face of the cross is decorated with a reversed sword carved in low relief. Slightly curving flanking walls either side of the wall’s central panel, also with moulded coping, end in simple piers. Wreaths are carved in relief on the flanking walls. That on the left encircles 1914, that on the right, 1919.
A rectangular granite tablet bearing the principle inscriptions is attached to the central panel of the wall. The dedication reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF OUR/ MANY SONS WHO SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN WAR/ OF WHOSE GALLANT NUMBER THESE CAME NOT AGAIN/ (22 NAMES)/ SHALL WE FAIL THOSE WHO DIED? Below this a further granite tablet bears an inscription that reads 1939 – 1945 (8 NAMES). All inscriptions are in metal lettering, attached to the stone and painted black.
Two shallow steps lead up to the memorial from a small paved area. That is enclosed by iron railings mounted on a raised kerb. Two stone gate piers support the iron gates to the memorial.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 18/05/2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/29203
War Memorials Trust, Grants Showcase - Brockholes, accessed 18/05/2015 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=458
Holme Valley Parish Council Newsletter (Autumn 2008), online edition, accessed 30/07/2015 from http://www.holmevalleyparishcouncil.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/NewsletterAutumn2008.pdf
War Memorials Online, accessed 31 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/95091
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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