Castle Eden War Memorial
Stockton Road, Castle Eden, County Durham, TS27 4SN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1434948
- Date first listed:
- 11-May-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Castle Eden War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Stockton Road, Castle Eden, County Durham, TS27 4SN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1434948
- Date first listed:
- 11-May-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Castle Eden War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Stockton Road, Castle Eden, County Durham, TS27 4SN
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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
- Statutory Address:
- Stockton Road, Castle Eden, County Durham, TS27 4SN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County Durham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Castle Eden
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ4188138144
Summary
First World War memorial, 1922, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Castle Eden War Memorial, which stands on Stockton 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 this local community, and the sacrifice it has made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: a sensitive adaptation of Sir Reginald Blomfield’s Cross of Sacrifice;
* Group value: with The Castle (Grade II-registered) and West Lodge, Gate Piers and Gate Tower (Grade II-listed).
History
Castle Eden War Memorial was unveiled on 11 January 1922, commemorating the 30 local servicemen who had fallen in the First World War. The site had been given by Colonel Burden. The unveiling was carried out by the Earl of Durham and dedication by Dr Hensley Henson, Bishop of Durham. The memorial was designed by Messrs Hick and Charlwood; the cross was made by R Beall of Newcastle and the bronze plaques were cast by JW Singer and Sons of Frome at an estimated cost of £600, raised through public subscription.
The names of the fallen from the Second World War were added at a later date, with a second unveiling on 7 November 1948 by Colonel RO Gatheral of Byers Green. In 2014 a conservation project was undertaken with the help of grant aid from War Memorials Trust.
Details
MATERIALS: Heworth stone cross, bronze plaques and sword.
DESCRIPTION: the war memorial is located in front of the south-west entrance to The Castle (Grade II-registered, with West Lodge, Gate Piers and Gate Tower Grade II-listed) on Stockton Road and takes the form of a cross, based on the Blomfield Cross of Sacrifice. It consists of a two-stepped, octagonal, base with plinth, from which the cross rises. There is a reversed sword in relief on the front face of the cross and bronze plaques fixed to the front four faces of the plinth bear the inscriptions. The whole memorial is raised on two shallow brick and stone steps on an octagonal pavement.
The First World War inscription on the plaque on the front face of the plinth reads TO THE MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF/ THIS PARISH WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ THEY DIED FOR/ LIBERTY AND HONOUR. Two similar plaques either side record the 30 commemorated names.
The Second World War inscription reads TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY/ OF THE MEN/ WHO FELL IN THE/ SECOND/ WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945./ (5 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, 7 February 2017.
Sources
Websites
North East War Memorials Project, accessed 11/03/2016 from http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6697
War Memorials Register, accessed 7 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/10269
War Memorials Online, accessed 7 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/179556
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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