Ironbridge War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1436058
- Date first listed:
- 08-Jul-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Ironbridge War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1436058
- Date first listed:
- 08-Jul-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Ironbridge War Memorial
- Location Description:
- The Square, Ironbridge, Shropshire, TF8 7AG
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.
- District:
- Telford and Wrekin (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- The Gorge
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ6726803432
Summary
A town war memorial unveiled in March 1924, designed by Arthur G Walker RA and cast by AB Burton.
Reasons for Designation
The monument to the fallen of Ironbridge, Shropshire is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impacts of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: as an accomplished and well-realised war memorial, which takes the form of a bronze statue of a soldier standing on a stone plinth, designed by Arthur G Walker RA;
* Group value: the cross forms a group with the Iron Bridge (Grade I) and Tontine Hotel (Grade II*).
History
The memorial was dedicated on 8 March 1924 and unveiled by Col. ANB Garrett. It was moved form its original position in the Market Square to its present location at an unknown date.
Details
A town war memorial unveiled in March 1924, designed by Arthur G Walker RA and cast by AB Burton.
MATERIALS & PLAN: of bronze with a plinth of Cornish granite which has bronze plaques to each side. A life-sized bronze statue of a soldier above a plinth with domed top which is square in section with a stepped plinth.
DETAILS: the monument faces west. The bronze statue is dressed in battle dress, wearing a peaked cap, with backpack and helmet strung over his back. He is shown leaning on the muzzle of his rifle. The square plinth of the bronze statue is signed by Walker and Burton. The plinth has a prominent frieze and base and is straight-sided. The platform has three steps. To the centre of each side of the plinth is a rectangular bronze plaque with lettering in relief. That on the north side reads: 'IN GRATEFUL / AND UNDYING MEMORY / OF THE VALIANT MEN / OF IRON BRIDGE / WHO LAY DOWN / THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919 / WE THANK OUR GOD UPON / EVERY REMEMBRANCE OF YOU'. The names of the fallen are shown on the other sides. The western face has a plaque which reads 'THE CHURCH CLOCK WAS / ILLUMINATED AS A MEMORIAL / TO THE FOLLOWING MEN OF / IRONBRIDGE / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES / DURING THE / 1939 - 1945 WAR.' Names of the fallen are shown below.'
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, 19 January 2017.
Sources
Books and journals
Francis, Peter, Shropshire War Memorials; Sites of Remembrance, (2013), 135-6
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 19 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/1946
War Memorials Online, accessed 19 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/120600
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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