Habergham Eaves War Memorial
St Matthew's Church, St Matthew Street, Habergham Eaves, Burnley, BB11 4JJ
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1430777
- Date first listed:
- 05-Nov-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Habergham Eaves War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- St Matthew's Church, St Matthew Street, Habergham Eaves, Burnley, BB11 4JJ
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1430777
- Date first listed:
- 05-Nov-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Habergham Eaves War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- St Matthew's Church, St Matthew Street, Habergham Eaves, Burnley, BB11 4JJ
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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:
- St Matthew's Church, St Matthew Street, Habergham Eaves, Burnley, BB11 4JJ
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- Burnley (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD8333531957
Summary
First World War memorial, 1922.
Reasons for Designation
Habergham Eaves War Memorial, situated at the church of St Matthew, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reason:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the First World War.
History
Habergham Eaves War Memorial was designed by J Harold Gibbons FRIBA, who also oversaw its construction. It was unveiled in May 1922 by Mr RS Bardsley and dedicated by Reverend H Pritt, Reverend John Barney and Mr J Longbottom. Funded by public subscription, it commemorates 48 men from the parish who died during the First World War including Alfred Victor Smith VC.
Following an episode of vandalism, the original bronze cross at the top of the memorial was repaired and taken into the church. Conservation and repair work was carried out in 2013, funded by War Memorials Trust. This included repointing, pinning fractures in the stone shaft and adding a new metal cross. Cobblestones attached to the base of the plinth, which were not original, were removed. The memorial was rededicated on 9 November 2013 by the Bishop of Blackburn.
J Harold Gibbons (1878-1958), son of the architect John Gibbons, was based in Manchester and then London. He was responsible for a number of listed churches, including the Grade II*-listed Church of St Peter and St Paul, Bromley, and for the restoration of the Grade I-listed Church of St Cuthbert and St Matthias, Earls Court.
Details
The memorial stands next to St Matthew’s Church, St Matthew Street. Built of Portland stone, it comprises a plain bronze Latin cross on a stone orb set on a triangular-sectioned stone shaft. That rises from a triangular plinth standing on a circular base. On the front face of the shaft is a carved wreath encircling the inscription 1914/ 1919 in low relief.
An inscription on the front face of the plinth reads + IN THANKFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN/ OF THIS PARISH AND CONGREGATION/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR (NAMES)/ R.I.P.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 25 July 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 12 October 2015 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/133270
St Matthews, Burnley, accessed 12 October 2015 from http://www.stmatthewsburnley.co.uk/war-memorial
War Memorials Trust, Grants Showcase - Habergham, accessed 18 May 2015 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=1000
War Memorials Register, accessed 25 July 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/72544
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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