Walton-le-Dale War Memorial

Church of Our Lady and St Patrick's churchyard, Higher Walton Road, Walton-le-Dale, Preston, PR5 4HD

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First World War memorial with Second World War additions, 1920. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1446765
Date first listed:: 16-Aug-2017
List Entry Name:: Walton-le-Dale War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Church of Our Lady and St Patrick's churchyard, Higher Walton Road, Walton-le-Dale, Preston, PR5 4HD

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1446765
Date first listed:: 16-Aug-2017
List Entry Name:: Walton-le-Dale War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Church of Our Lady and St Patrick's churchyard, Higher Walton Road, Walton-le-Dale, Preston, PR5 4HD

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:: Church of Our Lady and St Patrick's churchyard, Higher Walton Road, Walton-le-Dale, Preston, PR5 4HD

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

County:: Lancashire
District:: South Ribble (District Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: SD5625727925

Summary

First World War memorial with Second World War additions, 1920.

Reasons for Designation

Walton-le-Dale War Memorial, erected 1920, 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 conflicts of the C20;

Architectural interest: * A well-crafted design in the form of a pedimented crucifix, executed in quality Portland stone;

Group value: * With the adjacent Grade II listed Church of Our Lady and St Patrick (NHLE 1074107).

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, both as a result of the huge impact the loss of three quarters of a million British lives had on communities and 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 this example, erected 1920 in the churchyard of the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady and St Patrick, Walton-le-Dale. Archive photographs indicate that the dedication and names of the Fallen are inscribed in incised lettering directly onto the stone faces of the pedestal and the upper surface of the base. The present slate panels recording the dedication and names are therefore recent additions.

Details

First World War memorial with Second World War additions, 1920.

MATERIALS: Portland stone.

The memorial is situated within a small enclosure immediately within the grounds of the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady and St Patrick. It takes the form of a carved, pedimented crucifix rising from a rectangular classical plinth set upon a low, square base. The dedication is inscribed on a slate panel fixed to the centre of the plinth and reads:

ERECTED/TO THE MEN /OF THIS/ PARISH/ WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY/IN THE/ GREAT WAR.

Beneath is a depiction of an Alisee Patee cross and the inscription:

ETERNAL/REST GRANT/UNTO THEM/O’LORD/AND LET/PERPETUAL/LIGHT SHINE/UPON THEM.

The 29 names of the First World War Fallen and the 13 names of the Second World War Fallen are carried on slate panels fixed to the right and left in single columns listed by surname and date of death. Slate panels have also been added to the base, to which a small stone urn is fixed in front of the right panel.

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, 1 September 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 1 September 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/166538
War Memorials Register, accessed 25 April 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/18685

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.