Coxhoe War Memorial
Coxhoe Village Hall, Front Street East, Coxhoe, County Durham, DH6 4DB
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1436823
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jul-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Coxhoe War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Coxhoe Village Hall, Front Street East, Coxhoe, County Durham, DH6 4DB
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1436823
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jul-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Coxhoe War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Coxhoe Village Hall, Front Street East, Coxhoe, County Durham, DH6 4DB
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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:
- Coxhoe Village Hall, Front Street East, Coxhoe, County Durham, DH6 4DB
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County Durham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Coxhoe
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ3208535798
Summary
First World War memorial, 1922, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Coxhoe War Memorial, which stands in front of the Institute on Church Street, 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: an imposing monument in the form of an ornamented shield.
History
Coxhoe War Memorial was unveiled in June 1922 by Sergeant William Wilson DCM. The large plaque, sculpted by AH Borrowdale of Worksop, was raised on a wall of the Literary Institute opposite the school and Methodist Church: by 1939 it had been detached and raised as a freestanding memorial in the small square to the front of the Institute building. The memorial cost £125, raised by public subscription. It commemorates 97 local servicemen who died during the First World War. Following the Second World War, 28 names of those who died in that conflict were added.
Details
Standing in front of the Institute (not listed), the memorial comprises a large granite plaque in the form of a shield ornamented with strapwork scrolls and rosettes. The plaque is mounted on a coursed stone wall, overall c2m tall. The plaque is inscribed COXHOE AND DISTRICT WAR MEMORIAL/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919/ (NAMES)/ IN MEMORY, THEY STILL LIVE. Underneath the plaque a rectangular panel fixed to the base of the supporting wall reads KILLED IN ACTION 1939-45/ (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, 27 July 2017.
Sources
Websites
North East War Memorials Project, accessed 15/06/2016 from http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=9442
War Memorials Register, accessed 7 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/41870
War Memorials Online, accessed 27 July 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/251452
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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