Daresbury War Memorial
The churchyard of All Saint's Church, Daresbury Lane, Daresbury, Cheshire, WA4 4AR
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1429154
- Date first listed:
- 21-Sept-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Daresbury War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- The churchyard of All Saint's Church, Daresbury Lane, Daresbury, Cheshire, WA4 4AR
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1429154
- Date first listed:
- 21-Sept-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Daresbury War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- The churchyard of All Saint's Church, Daresbury Lane, Daresbury, Cheshire, WA4 4AR
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.
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:
- The churchyard of All Saint's Church, Daresbury Lane, Daresbury, Cheshire, WA4 4AR
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Halton (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Daresbury
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ5804382878
Summary
First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Daresbury War Memorial, situated in the churchyard of the Church of All Saints, 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.
* Group Value: with the Grade II*-listed Church of All Saints.
History
Daresbury War Memorial was unveiled on 30 October 1920 by Brigadier Sir CM Maynard, in commemoration of the 16 men from the parish who died fighting during the First World War. Plaques commemorating the four men who fell in the Second World War were added after that conflict.
Details
The tall, stone, memorial stands in the north-west corner of the churchyard of the Church of All Saints (Grade II*-listed), in the intersection of two paths. It comprises a blind wheel-head cross rising from a tapering, octagonal, shaft. The quarters of the wheel-head are decorated with fleurs-de-lis carved in low relief. The moulded foot of the shaft stands on an octagonal plinth. The plinth is raised on a four-stepped, octagonal, base.
Plaques of a different, paler, stone are fixed to faces of the plinth and steps. The plaque on the south face of the plinth reads TO THE/ GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF THE MEN/ OF THIS PARISH WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ 1914 – 1919. The names of those who fell are listed on plaques on four of the flanking faces of the plinth.
The south-facing sides of the top step of the base bear an inscription reading THEIR NAME/ LIVETH FOR/ EVERMORE. In addition, the south face of the second step of the base bears the inscription 1939 – 1945, with the names of those who fell in the Second World War listed on two flanking plaques. All inscriptions are in metal letters attached to the plaques.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 18/05/2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/42847
War Memorials Online, accessed 18/05/2015 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/190205
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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