Scriven War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1448691
- Date first listed:
- 31-Jul-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Scriven War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1448691
- Date first listed:
- 31-Jul-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Scriven War Memorial
- Location Description:
- Sited at SE 34854 58445 on the east side of The Green, Scriven, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, HG5
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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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Scriven
- National Grid Reference:
- SE3485458446
Summary
War memorial, in the form of a shelter, to the two World Wars, built to mark the 1953 Coronation from stonework salvaged from Scrivens Hall.
Reasons for Designation
Scriven 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 this local community, and the sacrifice the community has made in the conflicts of the C20;
* As an unusual combination in marking the 1953 coronation alongside its role as a war memorial;
Architectural Interest:
* As an unusual form of memorial, modelled on structures more typical of C18 designed landscapes such as well-head buildings or garden shelters;
* As a memorial constructed from materials salvaged from Scrivens Hall that was badly damaged by fire in 1952 and finally demolished in 1954.
History
Scriven War Memorial was built in 1953, by Arthur Atkinson, the stonemason of the Scriven Hall estate. It is thought to have been constructed of stone salvaged from Scriven Hall which had been badly damaged by fire on 19 December 1952. It was unveiled by the owner of the estate, Major Thomas Slingsby, in June 1953, marking Queen Elizabeth's coronation, as well as poignantly marking the sacrifice of five local men in the two World Wars, including that of his own younger brother.
Scriven Hall is thought to have been Elizabethian in origin, remodelled in the mid-C17 and then re-fronted around 1730. The surround to the entrance, which forms the main feature of the war memorial, may possibly date to the early C18 re-fronting of the hall; however the decision to finally demolish the hall was not taken until September 1953 and was mainly undertaken in 1954.
Details
First and Second World War memorial, 1953.
MATERIALS: limestone ashlar with a stone slate roof.
EXTERIOR: small, gabled-roofed shelter, the gable facing the road to the west, this having a central, round-arched entrance flanked by small, unglazed slit windows. The entrance has a rusticated, projecting surround of reticulated quoins and voussoirs, being closed by simple, iron-railing gates. Set above there is a stone plaque inscribed E II R. Affixed to the wall to the right of the entrance there is a glazed timber cabinet for notices. The side elevations have rectangular, unglazed openings that have simple iron bars. The rear is blind.
INTERIOR: set on the rear wall is a simple stone plaque with an inscription reading: IN MEMORANDUM / 1914-1918 / MIDSHIPMAN JOHN SLINGSBY, RN / PRIVATE PERCY FRYER / PRIVATE HARRY SMITH / 1939 – 1945 / GUARDSMAN ARTHUR BRADLEY / PRIVATE THOMAS COOPER.
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
Local history report by The Scriven Project supported by Harrogate Borough Council Museum Department, accessed 29 June 2017 from http://scriven.wdfiles.com/local--files/specific-topics/9013(1).pdf
War Memorials Online, accessed 1 September 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/223734
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.
Map
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