Over Knutsford War Memorial
Junction of Mobberley Road and Thorneyholme Drive, Over Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 8EN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1429219
- Date first listed:
- 29-Sept-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Over Knutsford War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Junction of Mobberley Road and Thorneyholme Drive, Over Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 8EN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1429219
- Date first listed:
- 29-Sept-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Over Knutsford War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Junction of Mobberley Road and Thorneyholme Drive, Over Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 8EN
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:
- Junction of Mobberley Road and Thorneyholme Drive, Over Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 8EN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Knutsford
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ7569678497
Summary
First World War memorial.
Reasons for Designation
Over Knutsford War Memorial, situated at the junction of Mobberley Road and Thorneyholme Drive, 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 Church of St Cross (Grade II*-listed).
History
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. One such memorial was raised by public subscription at the junction of Mobberley Road and Thorneyholme Drive, Over Knutsford (also known as Crosstown), to commemorate the 47 local servicemen who died in the conflict.
Details
The sandstone memorial, c3m tall, stands in a small raised garden overlooking the main road, some 60m to the south-east of the Church of St Cross (Grade II*-listed). It consists of a fleur-de-lis cross with a moulded foot rising from an octagonal shaft. The moulded foot of the shaft stands on a square, tapering, plinth set on a three-stepped square base. The raised garden is enclosed by a stone wall. Access from the pavement is provided by a set of steps in front of the memorial.
On the front face of the plinth is an inscription that reads IN GRATEFUL REMEMBERANCE/ OF THE MEN/ CONNECTED WITH THIS PARISH/ WHO DIED/ FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR/ IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914 – 1918/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. Above the inscription is a Greek cross, carved in low relief. The two side faces bear the names of the men who fell in the First World War. All the inscriptions are incised.
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, 26 January 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 18/05/2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/10008
War Memorials Online, accessed 26 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/138461
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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