Chaddesden War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1431922
- Date first listed:
- 15-Apr-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Chaddesden War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1431922
- Date first listed:
- 15-Apr-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Chaddesden War Memorial
- Location Description:
- Chaddesden Lane, Chaddesden, Derby
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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.
- District:
- City of Derby (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SK3812036958
Summary
War memorial plaque, unveiled and dedicated in 1923, sculpted by A Warren of Derby.
Reasons for Designation
Chaddesden war memorial, unveiled and dedicated in 1923, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons;
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of a world event on this community, and the sacrifices it made in the first major conflict of the C20;
* Design interest: as an accomplished and well-realised war memorial which takes the form of a rectangular marble plaque with high-quality relief carving;
* Group value: through proximity with No 117 Chaddesden Lane (listed Grade II).
History
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. One such memorial was erected in the village of Chaddesden in Derbyshire. Out of a population of around 250, Chaddesden contributed 64 men to the forces, of which 13 lost their lives. To commemorate the men who died a marble plaque was unveiled in the village on 16 September 1923 by Major-General C Van Straubenzee, commander of the 46th (North Midland) Division. It was dedicated by the Reverend J E S Hackford, vicar of St Mary's and honorary chaplain to the forces, with Reverend J T Mumford, vicar of St Andrew's, Derby, and chaplain to the 5th Sherwood Foresters (Territorials), and the Reverend G H Taylor, of King Street Wesleyan Church, also taking part. The ceremony was presided over by Major J D Kerr of the 5th Sherwood Foresters who donated the site. The plaque was sculpted by A Warren of Derby, while the walling within which it was placed was executed by some of the village residents.
Details
War memorial plaque, unveiled and dedicated in 1923, sculpted by A Warren of Derby.
MATERIALS: it comprises a marble plaque with a sandstone surround set within a roughcast rendered brick wall.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial takes the form of a rectangular marble plaque with a plain sandstone surround and moulded sandstone cornice. It has a stepped frame which is decorated with floral sprigs in relief at the top corners and a laurel wreath with crossed rifle and sword in relief at the head. The inscription reads: 'IN GLORIOUS MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF CHADDESDEN WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / [Names] / AND GRATITUDE TO THOSE WHO SERVED'. Below the plaque is a sandstone shelf with an iron rail at the front for the laying of wreaths. The plaque is set within a recess in a wall of roughcast rendered brick with piers topped with sandstone dome finials.
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, 10 August 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 25 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/18923
War Memorials Online, accessed 10 August 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/201615
Other
Derby Daily Telegraph, 12 September 1923, p2
Derby Daily Telegraph, 18 September 1923, p3
Derbyshire Historic Environment Record, Monument Full Report:: SMR Number: 32808 - MDR13984, Site Name: First World War Memorial, Chaddesden Lane
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 rectangular marble plaque with a plain sandstone surround, a sandstone shelf with an iron rail and the surrounding roughcast-rendered brick walls with piers topped with sandstone dome finials) are not to be treated as part of the listed building for the purposes of the Act.
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