Preesall and Knott End War Memorial

The Mount, Lancaster Road, Preesall, Poulton Le Fylde, Lancashire, FY6 0DX

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First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1435233
Date first listed:: 09-Jun-2016
List Entry Name:: Preesall and Knott End War Memorial
Statutory Address:: The Mount, Lancaster Road, Preesall, Poulton Le Fylde, Lancashire, FY6 0DX

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1435233
Date first listed:: 09-Jun-2016
List Entry Name:: Preesall and Knott End War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: The Mount, Lancaster Road, Preesall, Poulton Le Fylde, Lancashire, FY6 0DX

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: The Mount, Lancaster Road, Preesall, Poulton Le Fylde, Lancashire, FY6 0DX

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Lancashire
District:: Wyre (District Authority)
Parish:: Preesall
National Grid Reference:: SD3601048224

Summary

First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Preesall and Knott End War Memorial, which stands on The Mount, 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 simple yet elegant war memorial cross.

History

Plans for a war memorial were underway in Spring 1919, when it was reported that Mr HC Elletson would provide a piece of land in a location suitable for the extended communities of Preesall and Knott End. A design by G Wallace Proffitt of Manchester, architect, was adopted and the builder, WL Cookson of Blackpool, was appointed.

Preesall and Knott End War Memorial was unveiled on 3 October 1920 by General Sir A Hunter MP. It commemorates 33 local servicemen who died during the First World War; the names of six men who fell in the Second World War were added later. In 2014 a project was undertaken to improve access to the memorial with the help of grant aid from War Memorials Trust.

Details

MATERIALS: stone, bronze plaques.

DESCRIPTION: Preesall War Memorial is located on The Mount (not designated), also known as Hakon’s Mound, an earthwork thought to be of some antiquity but possibly a mill-mound or garden feature. The Mount is on the west side of Lancaster Road, at the junction with Pilling Lane. The memorial takes the form of a tall cross on a tapering plinth that stands on a two-stepped base.

The inscriptions are on bronze plaques fixed to the plinth. The principal dedicatory inscription on the front face reads THIS CROSS IS ERECTED/ IN HONOUR AND REMEMBRANCE/ OF THE MEN OF PREESALL/ WHO FELL IN THE WARS/ 1914-1918 AND 1939-1945. Commemorated names are listed on the remaining three sides.

The memorial is approached from the east by a path and flight of stone steps. New (2014) handrails line the steps; the handrails are not of special interest.

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, 2 February 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 2 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/189519
War Memorials Register, accessed 2 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/3382
Other
"Preesall's War Memorial", Lancashire Evening Post, 28 April 1919, p4
"Preesall's War Memorial", Lancashire Evening Post, 4 March 1920, p5
"Preesall's War Memorial", Lancashire Evening Post, 4 October 1920, p3

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.