Stanley and Stanley Common Parish War Memorial

Station Road, Stanley, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 6FB

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First World War memorial, 1921, 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:: 1438668
Date first listed:: 17-Oct-2016
List Entry Name:: Stanley and Stanley Common Parish War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Station Road, Stanley, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 6FB

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1438668
Date first listed:: 17-Oct-2016
List Entry Name:: Stanley and Stanley Common Parish War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Station Road, Stanley, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 6FB

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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Location

Statutory Address:: Station Road, Stanley, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 6FB

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

County:: Derbyshire
District:: Erewash (District Authority)
Parish:: Stanley and Stanley Common
National Grid Reference:: SK4189840372

Summary

First World War memorial, 1921, with later additions for the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Stanley and Stanley Common Parish War Memorial, which stands on Station Road, 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 elegant obelisk in the Classical style.

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. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and also the official policy of not repatriating the dead: therefore the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss. One such memorial was raised at Stanley as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the parish who lost their lives in the First World War.

A meeting was held in 1919 to consider a public war memorial with the site being inspected and chosen in 1921. The memorial commemorates six local servicemen who died during the First World War. Following the Second World War, a dedication was added to commemorate the four fallen of that conflict. The memorial was conserved in 2008 with the help of grant aid from War Memorials Trust. At that time the inscription on the lower step was changed from inset metal letters to incised lettering.

Details

MATERIALS: Grey polished granite.

DESCRIPTION: The war memorial is located on Station Road in Stanley village. It consists of a tall granite obelisk, square on plan, on a tapering granite plinth. The shaft of the obelisk has polished panels on all faces, whilst the foot of the obelisk and the plinth are polished on the front faces only. The bottom of the panel on the front face of the obelisk is decorated with an engraved laurel wreath. The plinth stands on a two-stepped concrete base: on the front face of the top step is embedded a rectangular marble tablet.

The front panel of the plinth bears the inscription TO/ THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919./ (6 NAMES)/ “HEROES ALL, FOR US THEY DIED”. The marble tablet reads WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945/ (4 NAMES).

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, 25 January 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 25 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/109594
War Memorials Register, accessed 29/07/2016 from www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/14235
War Memorials Trust, Grants Showcase, accessed 18/07/2016 from www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=866

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.