Walkley War Memorial
St Mary's Churchyard, Howard Road, Junction with Hadfield Street, Walkley, S6 3RX
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1452684
- Date first listed:
- 20-Feb-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Walkley War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- St Mary's Churchyard, Howard Road, Junction with Hadfield Street, Walkley, S6 3RX
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1452684
- Date first listed:
- 20-Feb-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Walkley War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- St Mary's Churchyard, Howard Road, Junction with Hadfield Street, Walkley, S6 3RX
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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:
- St Mary's Churchyard, Howard Road, Junction with Hadfield Street, Walkley, S6 3RX
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Sheffield (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SK3340688407
Summary
First World War memorial, 1922.
Reasons for Designation
Walkley War Memorial commemorating the First and Second World Wars, unveiled in 1922, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Architectural interest:
* a dignified Creetown granite wheel-headed cross with a relief-carved wreath on a high, tapering, square plinth providing a fitting tribute to the lives lost;
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 and Second World War;
Group value:
* the war memorial benefits from group value due to its proximity to the listed Church of St Mary within whose boundary it stands.
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 raised at Walkley as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community, who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars. The memorial was unveiled on 8 January 1922 by Colonel Clifford and dedicated by the Bishop of Sheffield.
Details
First World War memorial, 1922.
MATERIALS: Creetown granite cross with lead lettering.
DESCRIPTION: the war memorial is located outside St Mary’s Church. It consists of a wheel-headed cross which is decorated by a wreath. The cross rises from a tapering square plinth on a single stepped base. The front of the plinth has lead lettering which reads IN MEMORY OF/ WALKLEY HEROES/ 1914 – 1919/ 1939 – 1945.
The memorial sits on a raised site at the corner of the church.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 04/05/2017 from www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/96439
Imperial War Museum National Inventory of War Memorials, accessed 04/05/2017 from www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/27772
Other
‘The Sheffield Spirit: Gallant Deeds Recalled by Walkley Memorial’, Sheffield Independent, (9 January 1922), 2
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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