Weaverthorpe War Memorial
Main Road, Weaverthorpe, North Yorkshire, YO17 8EX
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1430884
- Date first listed:
- 20-Nov-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Weaverthorpe War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Main Road, Weaverthorpe, North Yorkshire, YO17 8EX
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1430884
- Date first listed:
- 20-Nov-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Weaverthorpe War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Main Road, Weaverthorpe, North Yorkshire, YO17 8EX
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:
- Main Road, Weaverthorpe, North Yorkshire, YO17 8EX
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Weaverthorpe
- National Grid Reference:
- SE9641870836
Summary
First World War memorial, 1922, with later additions.
Reasons for Designation
Weaverthorpe War Memorial, which stands on the roadside through the village, 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;
* Architectural interest: a slightly unusual design, with a rifle slung across the arm of a Latin cross.
History
Weaverthorpe War Memorial was unveiled in September 1922 by Lady Sykes, in commemoration of six local servicemen who died during the First World War. Following the Second World War an inscription was added to commemorate three men who had died during that conflict. A further name from the First World War has also been added.
Details
The war memorial stands on the verge on the north side of the main road through Weaverthorpe, towards the west end of the village. It comprises a fairly low Latin cross, with a Lee-Enfield rifle slung over the arm of the cross, all in white marble. There is a three-stage stepped base in the same stone carrying the inscriptions, with two further steps in a different material beneath.
The inscriptions on the front face read TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD,/ AND IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ (6 NAMES) WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR./ 1914 – 1918. On the west face is inscribed 1914 – 1918/ (1 NAME), and on the east face 1939 – 1945/ (3 NAMES).
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, 1 February 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 16/10/2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/30864
War Memorials Online, accessed 1 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/226362
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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