Catshill and North Marlbrook war memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1435864
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jul-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Catshill and North Marlbrook war memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1435864
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jul-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Catshill and North Marlbrook war memorial
- Location Description:
- Corner of Stourbridge Road and Meadow Road, Catshill, Worcestershire
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.
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.
- County:
- Worcestershire
- District:
- Bromsgrove (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Catshill and North Marlbrook
- National Grid Reference:
- SO9567573625
Summary
A First World War memorial, erected in 1927, altered after the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Catshill and North Marlbrook War Memorial, erected in 1927, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historical interest: it is a poignant symbol of remembrance and a reminder of the sacrifices made by this community during the First and Second World Wars;
* Design: as a well-executed memorial with an expressive and finely-detailed sculpture of a First World War soldier.
History
The war memorial in Catshill was set up to commemorate the fallen servicemen of the First World War, and was dedicated in 1927. The memorial was set up at a prominent location in the centre of the settlement, at the junction of two major roads, on land at the end of the garden of The Crown Inn. After the Second World War a plaque carrying the names of the men who had died in that conflict was added to the memorial. In 1998 the memorial was restored, with grant aid of £200 from the War Memorials Trust; the work included the complete restoration of the marble and granite stonework, the repair of the steps and foundations, the renewal and replacement of the surrounding gate and fencing, and the restoration of the faded inscriptions.
Details
A First World War memorial, erected in 1927, altered after the Second World War.
MATERIALS
Granite with a marble figure and stone platform.
DESCRIPTION
The war memorial takes the form of the sculpted marble figure of a First World War soldier with arms reversed, atop a high, polished granite pedestal, on a three-stepped platform of stone. The pedestal is inscribed in black lettering: LEST WE FORGET / ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND / TO COMMEMORATE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / OF THE MEN OF CATSHILL WHO GAVE THEIR / LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918, together with the names of the 68 men who lost their lives. An additional brass and black enamel plaque set against the foot of the pedestal records the names of the 26 servicemen who died in the course of the Second World War.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES
The memorial stands within an enclosure bounded to the roadside by hoop-topped railings and a gate, renewed in 1998. These are not included in the listing.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 18 January 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Trust WM2526, accessed 10.05.2016 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=326
War Memorials Register, accessed 10.05.2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/28381
War Memorials Online, accessed 18 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/95844
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) are not to be treated as part of the listed building for the purposes of the Act.
Map
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