War memorial at St Giles' Church, Normanton, Derby.

St Giles Church, Village St, Normanton, Derby

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War MemorialErected in July 1922. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1431385
Date first listed:: 14-Mar-2016
List Entry Name:: War memorial at St Giles' Church, Normanton, Derby.
Statutory Address:: St Giles Church, Village St, Normanton, Derby

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1431385
Date first listed:: 14-Mar-2016
List Entry Name:: War memorial at St Giles' Church, Normanton, Derby.
Statutory Address 1:: St Giles Church, Village St, Normanton, Derby

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: St Giles Church, Village St, Normanton, Derby

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: City of Derby (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: SK3462333601

Summary

War Memorial. Erected in July 1922.

Reasons for Designation

The War Memorial which is situated in the churchyard of St Giles Church, Normanton in Derby, was unveiled in July 1922 and 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 modest yet well- executed memorial.

* Military associations: the memorial stands in a location with strong associations with the Sherwood Foresters Regiment, St Giles' Church having been the garrison church for the regiment, and the regimental barracks being formerly located close by.

History

The war memorial stands in the churchyard of St Giles' Church at Normanton in Derby, which was the garrison church of the nearby Normanton Barracks, headquarters of the Sherwood Foresters Regiment. It was unveiled by Lieutenant-General The Rt. Honourable Sir Frederick Charles Shaw of Normanton House, Derby on the 30th July 1922.

The memorial, created by masons James Beresford and Sons of Belper, Derbyshire, was designed by Derby architects Naylor and Sale. The principal memorial to the Sherwood Foresters regiment is located at Crich Stand in Derbyshire, whilst the memorial at Normanton commemorates those men of the parish who gave their lives in the First World War.

Details

The memorial stands in the churchyard to the north of St Giles' Church, Normanton in Derby. It is made of ashlar sandstone, and takes the form of a modified Celtic cross, the linking radial sections of the cross being angular rather than curved. The tapered rectangular shaft has a low socket with miniature gables, angle buttresses, and a carved shield to its north face, surmounted by a cross. The shaft rises from a deep chamfered base stone, the north face of which bears the inscription 'TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO FELL IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919.' The base stone stands on a stepped plinth, the deep upper step of which is made up of large ashlar blocks bearing the names of the seventy-eight fallen, listed in alphabetical order on each of the four faces.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 25 January 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 25 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/203345
War Memorials Register, accessed 25 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/18981

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

The listed building(s) is/are shown coloured blue on the attached map. Pursuant to s.1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’), structures attached to or within the curtilage of the listed building (save those coloured blue on the map: a modified Celtic cross on a tapered shaft, rising from a chamfered base stone on a stepped plinth) are not to be treated as part of the listed building for the purposes of the Act.