Tiverton War Memorial

Stocks Bank, Huxley Lane, Tiverton, Cheshire, CW6 9NB

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First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1437720
Date first listed:: 31-Aug-2016
List Entry Name:: Tiverton War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Stocks Bank, Huxley Lane, Tiverton, Cheshire, CW6 9NB

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1437720
Date first listed:: 31-Aug-2016
List Entry Name:: Tiverton War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Stocks Bank, Huxley Lane, Tiverton, Cheshire, CW6 9NB

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Stocks Bank, Huxley Lane, Tiverton, Cheshire, CW6 9NB

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Tiverton and Tilstone Fearnall
National Grid Reference:: SJ5515060434

Summary

First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Tiverton War Memorial, which stands on Huxley Lane, 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 elegant obelisk in the Classical style; * Group value: with a number of Grade II-listed structures around the road junction.

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. One such memorial was raised at Tiverton in 1920 by public subscription as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community, who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars. It commemorates 12 local servicemen who died during the First World War. Following the Second World War, a dedication was added to commemorate one soldier who fell in that conflict. In 2011 the memorial was cleaned and the lettering improved with grant aid from War Memorials Trust.

Details

MATERIALS: Sandstone obelisk, iron railings.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial is situated in a small green bounded by Stocks Bank and Huxley Lane, in the centre of Tiverton. There are a number of Grade II-listed buildigns in close proximity. It is a simple sandstone obelisk, square on plan, standing on a pedimented plinth. The plinth stands on a two stepped base.

The front face of the obelisk is inscribed TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD at the foot. The face of the pediment below reads IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY OF with the names of the fallen incised below on the front face of the plinth.

The two steps also carry inscriptions. The upper step has the continuation of the dedication for the fallen from the First World War: OF TIVERTON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918. The bottom step has the Second World Dedication inscribed on its tread 1939 – 1945/ (NAME), with on the riser the epitaph GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THIS.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: the memorial stands in a slab-paved enclosure bordered by a raised kerb, surmounted by metal railings and gate painted black.

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, 28 November 2016

Sources

Websites
War Memorial Register, accessed 13/07/2016 from www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/2055
War Memorials Online, accessed 26 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/120503
War Memorials Trust, Grants Showcase, accessed 13/07/2016 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=909

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.