Waddington War Memorial
Clitheroe Road, Waddington, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 3HP
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1431780
- Date first listed:
- 22-Dec-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Waddington War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Clitheroe Road, Waddington, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 3HP
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1431780
- Date first listed:
- 22-Dec-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Waddington War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Clitheroe Road, Waddington, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 3HP
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:
- Clitheroe Road, Waddington, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 3HP
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- Ribble Valley (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Waddington
- National Grid Reference:
- SD7291143761
Summary
First World War memorial, 1919, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Waddington War Memorial, situated on Clitheroe Road, 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: an intricately carved wheel-head cross;
* Group Value: with the wall and gateways to the west of Waddington Hall and with Waddington Hall (Grade II-listed), and with the Church of St Helen (Grade II*-listed).
History
Waddington War Memorial was unveiled on 29 April 1919 by Lt Col H Parker DSO. Costing £600, paid for by public subscription, it commemorates 11 local servicemen who died during the First World War. Following the Second World War, an inscription was added in honour of those who died in that conflict.
Details
The memorial stands in a paved area beside and above the brook that runs through the village. The valley of the brook is landscaped and planted as Coronation Gardens, for the 1953 coronation. The memorial enclosure is separated from the gardens by metal railings and a gate, and protected from the road by low bollards carrying a chain.
The memorial comprises a large stone Celtic cross, c1.8m tall, decorated with intricate carved interlace patterns. The cross rises from a plinth carved in the form of a rock outcrop. Panels on the plinth bear the inscriptions.
Left panel: THIS CROSS/ WAS ERECTED/ BY THE/ INHABITANTS OF THIS/ VILLAGE,/ IN MEMORY OF/ THOSE BRAVE MEN/ WHO SACRIFICED THEIR/ LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ THAT WE HERE/ MIGHT LIVE IN/ PEACE
Right panel: (11 NAMES)
Lower panel: ENGRAVED BELOW ARE THE NAMES OF/ THOSE WHO FELL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945/ (4 NAMES)
A low retaining wall encloses a flower bed around the base of the plinth.
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, 2 February 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 29/05/2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/18663
War Memorials Trust, Grants Showcase - Waddington, accessed 29/05/2015 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=397
War Memorials Online, accessed 2 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/105339
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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