Cockfield War Memorial
Front Street, Cockfield, County Durham, DL13 5AF
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1435733
- Date first listed:
- 15-Jun-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Cockfield War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Front Street, Cockfield, County Durham, DL13 5AF
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1435733
- Date first listed:
- 15-Jun-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Cockfield War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Front Street, Cockfield, County Durham, DL13 5AF
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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:
- Front Street, Cockfield, County Durham, DL13 5AF
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County Durham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Cockfield
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ1273324214
Summary
First World War memorial, 1922, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Cockfield War Memorial, which stands on the village green, 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 dignified memorial cross.
History
Cockfield War Memorial was unveiled on 7 October 1922 by Mr WH Hustler, chairman of the North Bitchburn Coal Company (the company was the principal employer in the village). The memorial was dedicated by Reverend JW Scudamore in commemoration of 45 local men who died serving during the First World War, many of whom worked at the Gordon House Colliery. The cost of £253 was met by public subscription. Following the Second World War the names of eight men who fell in that conflict were added in 1948.
Details
The memorial stands in a square enclosure on the village green to the south of Front Street. Built of Kenmay granite, it comprises a Latin cross rising from a moulded collar on top of a tapering, octagonal, shaft. The cross shaft stands on the plinth, square on plan. The plinth’s base stands on two steps, the uppermost of which is in granite with a chamfered riser to the front; the lower step is sandstone.
The principal dedicatory inscription on the front face of the plinth reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN THANKFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THE MEN/ FROM THIS PARISH,/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR US/ IN THE GREAT WAR,/ 1914 – 1918. Below on the base is “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS.” The names of the commemorated men are recorded on the other three sides of the plinth. The dates 1939 1945 are recorded on the front face of the upper step, with the Second World War names in between on the chamfered riser of the step. The inscriptions are in applied metal lettering.
The memorial is enclosed by a low stone wall, higher at each corner and with ornamental posts carrying chains in the central sections. The gate to the enclosure is on the northern side.
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 06/05/2016 from http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6754
War Memorials Register, accessed 7 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/10348
War Memorials Online, accessed 7 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/234181
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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