Mealsgate War Memorial
Churchyard of the church of All Hallows, Mealsgate, Cumbria
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1430668
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Mealsgate War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Churchyard of the church of All Hallows, Mealsgate, Cumbria
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1430668
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Mealsgate War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Churchyard of the church of All Hallows, Mealsgate, Cumbria
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:
- Churchyard of the church of All Hallows, Mealsgate, Cumbria
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Allhallows
- National Grid Reference:
- NY1973042501
Summary
First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Mealsgate War Memorial, which stands in the churchyard of the church of All Hallows, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* 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;
* Design: a formalised Celtic cross;
* Group value: with the Grade II listed church of All Hallows.
History
The memorial was designed by the masons Rogerson of Carlisle, and unveiled and dedicated on the 30 May 1920. In 2014, War Memorials Trust offered a grant of £257 towards the restoration of the lettering. The inscriptions had lost legibility so these were re-painted using black enamel paint.
Details
The memorial stands in the churchyard of the church of All Hallows (Grade II). It is made of granite and consists of a Maltese cross decorated with a Celtic pattern and a small wreath in the centre carved in bas-relief, set on a flat tapering column that rises from a square base.
An inscription on the front face of the base reads IN MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH / WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918 / “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN”. The names of the men who fell in the First World War are listed on the front face of the column. On another face on the base reads 1939-1945 (NAMES). The inscriptions are raised in relief, and painted black.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Trust, entry for Mealsgate, accessed 15 October 2015 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=1203
War Memorials Register, accessed 15 October 2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/3999
War Memorials Online, accessed 15 October 2015 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/165859
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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