War memorial outside All Saints' Roman Catholic Church, Lanchester

All Saints' Roman Catholic Church, Kitswell Road, Lanchester, County Durham, DH7 0JG

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Overview

First World War memorial, 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:: 1438929
Date first listed:: 14-Oct-2016
List Entry Name:: War memorial outside All Saints' Roman Catholic Church, Lanchester
Statutory Address:: All Saints' Roman Catholic Church, Kitswell Road, Lanchester, County Durham, DH7 0JG

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1438929
Date first listed:: 14-Oct-2016
List Entry Name:: War memorial outside All Saints' Roman Catholic Church, Lanchester
Statutory Address 1:: All Saints' Roman Catholic Church, Kitswell Road, Lanchester, County Durham, DH7 0JG

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:: All Saints' Roman Catholic Church, Kitswell Road, Lanchester, County Durham, DH7 0JG

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

District:: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Lanchester
National Grid Reference:: NZ1632747778

Summary

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

Reasons for Designation

The war memorial outside All Saints’ Roman Catholic Church, Lanchester, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20; * Architectural interest: a tall and imposing Calvary cross.

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, which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.

One such memorial was raised outside All Saints’ Roman Catholic Church, Lanchester, as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. The memorial commemorates 12 men who died in the First World War. Following the Second World War a further five names of men who died in that conflict were added.

Details

The memorial stands outside All Saints’ Roman Catholic Church (not listed), overlooking Kitswell Road. It is a tall hooded Calvary in oak, circa 5m high, with a metal figure of the crucified Christ. The timber cross rises from a stony cairn. A polished stone plaque let into the front of the cairn carries the principal inscription, reading CRUCIFIED JESUS/ HAVE MERCY ON THE SOULS/ OF/ (12 NAMES)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 18/ R.I.P. The cairn is raised on a concrete block: let into this a further polished stone plaque records the Second World War dedication, CRUCIFIED JESUS HAVE MERCY/ ON THE SOULS OF/ (5 NAMES)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-45.

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, 23 November 2017.

Sources

Websites
North East War Memorials Project, accessed 19/08/2016 from http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=7885
War Memorials Online, accessed 23 November 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/253788
War Memorials Register, accessed 7 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/41773

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.