War memorial outside St Oswald's Church, West Hartlepool

St Oswald's Church, Brougham Terrace, Hartlepool, TS24 8EY

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First World War memorial, unveiled 1920, designed by Messrs Hicks and Charlesworth. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1441611
Date first listed:: 06-Feb-2017
List Entry Name:: War memorial outside St Oswald's Church, West Hartlepool
Statutory Address:: St Oswald's Church, Brougham Terrace, Hartlepool, TS24 8EY

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1441611
Date first listed:: 06-Feb-2017
List Entry Name:: War memorial outside St Oswald's Church, West Hartlepool
Statutory Address 1:: St Oswald's Church, Brougham Terrace, Hartlepool, TS24 8EY

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:: St Oswald's Church, Brougham Terrace, Hartlepool, TS24 8EY

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

District:: Hartlepool (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: NZ5068233477

Summary

First World War memorial, unveiled 1920, designed by Messrs Hicks and Charlesworth.

Reasons for Designation

The war memorial which stands outside St Oswald’s Church, West Hartlepool, 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 First World War; * Architectural interest: a tall and imposing Calvary; * Group value: with the Church of St Oswald (Grade II).

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 St Oswald’s Church, West Hartlepool, 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 on 1 January 1920 by Captain W Gray and dedicated by the Bishop of Jarrow. It commemorates 152 local servicemen who died in the First World War. The memorial cost £358 0s 10d, designed by Messrs Hicks and Charlesworth, architects, of Newcastle.

Details

The memorial stands outside the Church of St Oswald (Grade II-listed), to the S side overlooking Brougham Terrace. It takes the form of a hooded crucifixion in Windy Nook stone, nearly 5m tall. The cross shaft rises from the corniced top of an octagonal plinth. The cornice is decorated with a frieze of carved rosettes. The plinth stands on a three-stepped base.

The principal dedicatory inscription is incised to the front face of the cross shaft, at the foot, reading TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING/ AND GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO FOR/ COUNTRY/ FOR HOME AND/ FOR US GAVE/ THEIR LIVES/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919. The commemorated names are carved on the eight faces of the plinth.

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
North East War Memorials Project, accessed 17/11/2016 from http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=9146
War Memorials Online, accessed 22 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/199554

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 s1 (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.