Cleethorpes War Memorial
Church of St Peter, St Peter's Avenue, Cleesthorpe, DN35 8HP
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1451816
- Date first listed:
- 09-Mar-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Cleethorpes War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St Peter, St Peter's Avenue, Cleesthorpe, DN35 8HP
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1451816
- Date first listed:
- 09-Mar-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Cleethorpes War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church of St Peter, St Peter's Avenue, Cleesthorpe, DN35 8HP
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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.
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
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St Peter, St Peter's Avenue, Cleesthorpe, DN35 8HP
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TA3056608625
Summary
War memorial, designed by Wilfrid Bond of Grantham, unveiled in 1920, dedicated to the fallen of the First World War.
Reasons for Designation
Cleethorpes 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 sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20.
Architectural interest:
* as a modest but well-executed memorial, designed by architect Wilfrid Bond of Grantham.
Group Value:
* with the Church of St Peter (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: therefore the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss. One such memorial was raised in Cleethorpes 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 war memorial was designed by architect Wilfrid Bond of Grantham, and unveiled in a ceremony on 11 March 1920, commemorating 99 local men of Cleethorpes who fell during the First World War. The monument takes the form of an octagonal stone pillar and stands within a segmental forecourt east of the Church of St Peter (built 1864 by James Fowler, listed at Grade II). Tubular memorial bells were installed within the church, and a slate plaque inscribed with the names of the fallen was installed on the east elevation of the church at the same time (replaced in 1989 due to weathering). The bells were installed at a cost of £250, the cross £300, and slate tablet £100.
Details
War memorial, designed by Wilfrid Bond of Grantham, unveiled in 1920, dedicated to the fallen of the First World War.
The limestone war memorial takes the form of an octagonal pillar on an octagonal base, and three-stepped octagonal platform, surmounted by a carved stone crucifix. The memorial is approximately 6m in height and 1.8m in width.
The accompanying plaque on the nearby east elevation of the Church of St Peter is inscribed and painted with gold lettering, and reads: ‘THE CHURCHYARD CROSS WAS ERECTED AND A PEAL OF BELLS / PUT IN THE CHURCHTOWER TO COMMEMORATE THE BRAVE / MEN WHO DIED FOR US IN THE GREAT WAR A.D. 1914 – 1918 / AND WHOSE SACRIFICE SHOULD NEVER BE FORGOTTEN / [99 NAMES] / GRANT THEM LORD ETERNAL REST’.
The memorial stands within a segmental forecourt approximately 6m east of the Church of St Peter (1864 by James Fowler, listed at Grade II), and to the west side of St Peter’s Avenue.
Sources
Books and journals
Credland, M, The First World War Memorials of Lincolnshire, (2014), 66
Websites
Imperial War Museums, 'Cleethorpes', accessed 23 October 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/34926
Traces of War, 'War Memorial Cleethorpes', accessed 23 October 2017 from https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/74524/War-Memorial-Cleethorpes.htm
The Yorkshire Regiment, First World War Remembrance, 'Cleethorpes, St Peter’s Church', accessed 23 October 2017 from http://www.ww1-yorkshires.org.uk/html-files/cleethorpes-church.htm
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(s) is/are 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.
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