Church of All Saints War Memorial, All Saint's Church, Manchester Old Road, Middleton
Church of All Saints War Memorial, All Saints' Church, Manchester Old Road, Middleton, Greater Manchester, M24 4GB
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1441215
- Date first listed:
- 02-Feb-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Church of All Saints War Memorial, All Saint's Church, Manchester Old Road, Middleton
- Statutory Address:
- Church of All Saints War Memorial, All Saints' Church, Manchester Old Road, Middleton, Greater Manchester, M24 4GB
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1441215
- Date first listed:
- 02-Feb-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Church of All Saints War Memorial, All Saint's Church, Manchester Old Road, Middleton
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church of All Saints War Memorial, All Saints' Church, Manchester Old Road, Middleton, Greater Manchester, M24 4GB
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.
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:
- Church of All Saints War Memorial, All Saints' Church, Manchester Old Road, Middleton, Greater Manchester, M24 4GB
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Rochdale (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD8508805240
Summary
War memorial in the form of an obelisk, erected in the early 1920s.
Reasons for Designation
This war memorial of early 1920s date is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impacts of world events on the Parish of All Saints, Middleton, and the sacrifices it made during the First World War;
* Architectural interest: a well-executed and dignified design in the form of an obelisk
History
This war memorial was erected to commemorate the men of the Parish of All Saints', Middleton, who fell during the First World War. It appear to have been built to a design obtained from a pattern book, as the pedestal is very similar to that of a war memorial at St Gabriel’s Church, Middleton Junction, which was built by Messrs F Taylor and Sons (Builder). No additional names were added to the monument following the Second World War.
Details
War memorial, 1920s
Plan: rectangular.
Materials: stone.
The war memorial is situated within the churchyard to the W of the Church of All Saints, Middleton. It comprises a rectangular stone obelisk raised on a pedestal and a three-stepped plinth. The obelisk is emblazoned with a broadsword carved in relief pointing downwards, with a Laurel wreath suspended around the hilt that has a small Lancashire rose at its centre. The base of the obelisk is supported by a scroll bracket to either side, with a canted front panel that reads – THEIR NAMES / LIVETH / FOR / EVERMORE. The front of the pedestal is divided into three recessed panels; the central panel is twice the width of the outer pair, it projects slightly, and it has a dedication that reads – TO / THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF THOSE / WHO MADE THE / GREAT SACRIFICE / + / 1914-1919. The 92 Fallen of the First World War are recorded on the two side panels and the rear panel of the pedestal.
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, 23 November 2017.
Sources
Websites
Middleton Rhodes, All Saints Church, WW1, accessed 7 November 2016 from www.mlfhs.org.uk/data/war_memorials_images.php?memorial=20
War Memorials Register, accessed 7 November 2016 from www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memroial/25856
War Memorials Online, accessed 23 November 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/253748
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.
Map
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