Skegby War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1431431
- Date first listed:
- 19-Jan-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Skegby War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1431431
- Date first listed:
- 19-Jan-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Skegby War Memorial
- Location Description:
- South of Church of St Andrew, Skegby.
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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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Nottinghamshire
- District:
- Ashfield (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SK4924860963
Summary
Skegby war memorial, unveiled in 1922 and dedicated to the fallen of the First World War.
Reasons for Designation
Skegby war memorial, erected in 1922, which stands to the south of the Church of St Andrew, 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: as a modest yet well-executed memorial cross with a set of inscribed slate commemorative tablets;
* Group value: for the strong group value it holds with the Grade II listed Church of St Andrew, situated immediately to the north of the memorial.
History
The concept of commemorating war dead did not develop to any great extent until towards the end of the C19. Prior to then memorials were rare and were mainly dedicated to individual officers, or sometimes regiments. The first large-scale erection of war memorials dedicated to the ordinary soldier followed the Second Boer War of 1899-1902, which was the first major war following reforms to the British Army which led to regiments being recruited from local communities and with volunteer soldiers. However, it was the aftermath of the First World War that was the great age of memorial building, both as a result of the huge impact the loss of three quarters of a million British lives had on communities and the official policy of not repatriating the dead, which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.
Skegby war memorial, unveiled at a ceremony held in July 1922, was erected in memory of the 43 local men who fell in the First World War (1914-18). The memorial is situated within the grounds of the Church of St Andrew, Skegby which is listed at Grade II (NHLE 1234873).
Details
Skegby war memorial, erected in 1922, is situated adjacent to the south door of the Church of St Andrew, set in the centre of the churchyard. The sandstone monument is square in plan, and takes the form of a hexagonal, carved cross with wheel on a square tapered plinth, set upon a two-stepped base and a raised platform. The memorial's plinth carries a set of inscribed slate commemorative tablets. The inscription on the frontal tablet reads: THIS / MONUMENT / AND THE / SCHOOL CLOCK / WERE ERECTED TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE / WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / 1914-18. The other tablets continue around the plinth and are inscribed with the names of the 43 local men who fell in the First World War.
Sources
Websites
Nottinghamshire Roll of Honour, accessed 21 September 2015 from http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/rollofhonour/WarMemorials/Details/175
War Memorials Register, accessed 21 September 2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/26916
War Memorials Online, accessed 21 September 2015 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/97276
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 carved cross with wheel on a square tapered plinth, set upon a two-stepped base and a raised platform) are not to be treated as part of the listed building for the purposes of the Act.
Map
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