Nechells War Memorial

Junction of Nechells Park Road and Stuart Road, Nechells, Birmingham, B7 5NW

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Stone cross war memorial. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1446179
Date first listed:: 03-Jul-2017
List Entry Name:: Nechells War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Junction of Nechells Park Road and Stuart Road, Nechells, Birmingham, B7 5NW

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1446179
Date first listed:: 03-Jul-2017
List Entry Name:: Nechells War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Junction of Nechells Park Road and Stuart Road, Nechells, Birmingham, B7 5NW

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:: Junction of Nechells Park Road and Stuart Road, Nechells, Birmingham, B7 5NW

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

District:: Birmingham (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: SP0912389061

Summary

Stone cross war memorial.

Reasons for Designation

Nechells War Memorial 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 sacrifices they made in the First World War; * Design: as a simple yet dignified stone cross war memorial.

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 the country. 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 St Clement's Church in Nechells, Birmingham. The church was demolished in the late 1970s and later replaced with housing.

Details

Small stone cross standing atop a shaft resting on a small plinth. The front face of the plinth reads: IN / MEMORY / OF THE / MEN OF / NECHELLS / WHO FELL / IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918.

Sources

Websites
A History of Birmingham Churches - St Clement's, Nechells, accessed 24 March 2017 from https://ahistoryofbirminghamchurches.jimdo.com/aston-ss-peter-paul/st-clement-nechells/
War Memorials Online, accessed 24 March 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/224512

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.