Brunswick Village War Memorial
Darrell Street, Brunswick Village, Northumberland, NE13 7DS
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1433742
- Date first listed:
- 18-Apr-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Brunswick Village War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Darrell Street, Brunswick Village, Northumberland, NE13 7DS
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1433742
- Date first listed:
- 18-Apr-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Brunswick Village War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Darrell Street, Brunswick Village, Northumberland, NE13 7DS
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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:
- Darrell Street, Brunswick Village, Northumberland, NE13 7DS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Newcastle upon Tyne (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Brunswick
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ2340272632
Summary
First World War memorial, 1921, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Brunswick Village War Memorial, which stands on Darrell Street, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this local community, and the sacrifice it has made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: a tall and imposing Celtic cross.
History
Brunswick Village was the settlement serving Dinnington Colliery. The colliery was open from 1867 to 1960. The war memorial was erected in front of the Primary School on Darrell Street, where it was unveiled on 12 March 1921 by Mr RS Barrett (of the Seaton Burn Coal Company, owners of Dinnington Colliery since 1899) and dedicated by Reverend JE Harland. By Messrs WH Endean and Son of Cramlington, the memorial cost £400, raised by public subscription, with a £100 donation from the Seaton Burn Coal Company. It commemorates 52 local servicemen who died during the First World War, and three who fell in the Second World War. The memorial was moved to the opposite side of the road, close to the east end of St Cuthbert’s Mission Church.
WH Endean and Son were responsible for various war memorials in the north-east of England including those at Shiremoor and New Delaval (both Grade II-listed).
Details
The memorial stands close to the pavement on the south side of Darrell Street, near the east end of St Cuthbert’s Church. It comprises a tall Celtic cross in granite. The front face of the cross head is decorated with ornate interlace carving, below which is carved TO/ THE/ GLORIOUS/ DEAD. The cross shaft rises from a tapering plinth, that stands on a square, two-stepped, base.
The names of the First World War fallen are listed on the front face of the plinth. Below, on the front face of the top step of the base, the principal dedicatory inscription reads ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/ IN MEMORY OF THE BRAVE MEN OF THIS DISTRICT/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE EUROPEAN WAR/ 1914 – 1918. The east face of the plinth reads 1939 – 1945/ (3 NAMES).
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, 8 February 2017.
Sources
Websites
North East War Memorials Project - Brunswick, accessed 22/02/2016 from http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6323
War Memorials Register, accessed 8 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/34316
War Memorials Online, accessed 8 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/231044
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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