North Cowton War Memorial
High Street, North Cowton, North Yorkshire, DL7 0HG
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1437680
- Date first listed:
- 30-Aug-2016
- List Entry Name:
- North Cowton War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- High Street, North Cowton, North Yorkshire, DL7 0HG
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1437680
- Date first listed:
- 30-Aug-2016
- List Entry Name:
- North Cowton War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- High Street, North Cowton, North Yorkshire, DL7 0HG
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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:
- High Street, North Cowton, North Yorkshire, DL7 0HG
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- North Cowton
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ2839503933
Summary
First World War memorial, unveiled on 17 July 1921, with Second World War additions.
Reasons for Designation
North Cowton War Memorial, unveiled 17 July 1921, 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 community, and the sacrifices it has made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: a solemn and evocative marble urn memorial.
History
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England, both as a result of the huge impact the loss of three quarters of a million British lives had on communities and the official policy of not repatriating the dead, which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss. One such memorial was dedicated at North Cowton on 17 July 1921 as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the South and North Cowton community, who lost their lives in the First World War. It commemorates nine local servicemen who died during the First World War.
Following the Second World War, a dedication was added to commemorate the one fallen of that conflict.
In 2013 the memorial was repaired and conserved with the help of grant aid from War Memorials Trust.
Details
MATERIALS: white marble memorial, sandstone flags, iron railings.
DESCRIPTION: the war memorial consists of a tapering marble pillar with a crown top on which stands a draped urn with a carved wreath circling it. The pillar is set upon a square plan plinth which rises from a two-stepped base. It stands some 3m high.
The inscriptions are all in lead lettering. On the pillar is the dedicatory inscription which reads: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND / IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / THE FOLLOWING / WHO GALLANTLY DIED / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918. On the plinth below are the names the men of the parish who fell in the First World War.
On the top step the inscription reads: 1939 – 1945 (NAME) / ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS OF / NORTH AND SOUTH COWTON.
The memorial stands on a small flagstone paved area enclosed by iron railings.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Trust, accessed 12 July 2016 from www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=1040
War Memorials Online, accessed 12 July 2016 from www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/93937
War Memorials Register, accessed 12 July 2016 from www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/30365
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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