Shore Mill War Memorial

Shore Mill War Memorial, Shore Road, Shore, Littleborough, Rochdale, OL15 9LU

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Overview

First World War memorial, erected during the 1920s, 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:: 1441226
Date first listed:: 20-Dec-2016
List Entry Name:: Shore Mill War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Shore Mill War Memorial, Shore Road, Shore, Littleborough, Rochdale, OL15 9LU

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1441226
Date first listed:: 20-Dec-2016
List Entry Name:: Shore Mill War Memorial
Location Description:: Small enclosed garden, Shore Road, Littleborough
Statutory Address 1:: Shore Mill War Memorial, Shore Road, Shore, Littleborough, Rochdale, OL15 9LU

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:: Shore Mill War Memorial, Shore Road, Shore, Littleborough, Rochdale, OL15 9LU

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:: SD9289617053

Summary

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

Reasons for Designation

Shore Mill War Memorial, erected early 1920s, 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 community of employees of Shore Mill and the sacrifices they made in the conflicts of the C20; * Architectural interest: an imposing and well-executed granite Latin 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.

Shore Mill War Memorial was erected by the employees of Shore Mill during the 1920s, to commemorate the sacrifice made by their fellow workers during the First World War. It is situated as the central focus of a sub-rectangular memorial garden, on the N side of Shore Road. Following the Second World War, the memorial was re-dedicated and additional names were added to the plinth. Shore Mill was demolished in 1990 and the council assumed responsibility for the war memorial in 1995.

Details

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

The memorial comprises a tall granite Latin cross with a raised central roundel containing a Tudor rose. The shaft of the cross has a tapering, rectangular section rising from a plain pedestal with canted sides, raised on a two-stepped chamfered plinth. The front face of the pedestal has a dedication in painted metal letters that reads ERECTED / BY THE EMPLOYEES / OF SHORE MILLS / TO THE MEMORY OF / THEIR FELLOW WORKMEN WHO / LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1919. The two side faces record the 56 names of the fallen of the First World War. A secondary dedication has been added to the S face of the top step of the plinth, which simply reads 1939 – 1945 and the seven names of the fallen of the Second World War are recorded at either end of the step.

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, 22 February 2017.

Sources

Websites
Rochdale, Littleborough Shore Mills, WW1 Memorials, accessed 7 November 2016 from www.mlfhs.org.uk/data/war_memorials_images.php?memorial=79
War Memorials Online, accessed 22 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/186138
War Memorials Register, accessed 7 November 2016 from www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/13233

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.