Tudhoe War Memorial

The Green, Tudhoe Village, Spennymoor, County Durham, DL16 6LA

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Overview

First World War memorial, unveiled 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:: 1440857
Date first listed:: 16-Jan-2017
List Entry Name:: Tudhoe War Memorial
Statutory Address:: The Green, Tudhoe Village, Spennymoor, County Durham, DL16 6LA

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1440857
Date first listed:: 16-Jan-2017
List Entry Name:: Tudhoe War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: The Green, Tudhoe Village, Spennymoor, County Durham, DL16 6LA

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:: The Green, Tudhoe Village, Spennymoor, County Durham, DL16 6LA

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

District:: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Spennymoor
National Grid Reference:: NZ2616635446

Summary

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

Reasons for Designation

Tudhoe War Memorial, which stands on The Green, 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 memorial column 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 Tudhoe 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 was unveiled in late-1920, commemorating 60 local servicemen who died in the First World War. It was sculpted by Mr Robert Swinburn of Spennymoor. The name of one soldier who fell in the Second World War was added at a later date. The memorial was originally enclosed by iron railings; these have since been removed.

Details

The stone memorial, c3m tall, stands on The Green in the centre of the village. It takes the form of a column, square on plan, standing on a two-stage base. The column’s entablature includes a simple frieze of metopes and triglyphs and a cornice. The column is surmounted by a pyramidal cap. The foot of the memorial is enclosed by a low rail.

Each of the column’s faces is carved to form an elongated shield shape, bearing the inscriptions. The principal dedicatory inscription reads ERECTED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ TUDHOE VILLAGE SOLDIERS/ WHO HAVE MADE THE/ GREAT SACRIFICE/ (NAMES). Two of the lists of names begin TUDHOE VILLAGE/ SOLDIERS AND SAILORS, whilst the final face simply records three 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, 23 November 2017.

Sources

Websites
North East War Memorials Project, accessed 27/10/2016 from http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=9087
War Memorials Online, accessed 23 November 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/253765
War Memorials Register, accessed 22 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/10332

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 is 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.