Cloughton War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1452757
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jan-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Cloughton War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1452757
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jan-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Cloughton War Memorial
- Location Description:
- Sited at TA 00862 94708, on the south side of West Lane, approximately 100m west of the junction with High Street.
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.
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:
- Cloughton
- National Grid Reference:
- TA0086394708
Summary
First World War memorial in the form of an obelisk with an added inscription for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Cloughton 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 it has made in the conflicts of the C20.
Architectural interest:
* a simple yet dignified war memorial obelisk, well executed with good quality materials.
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. One such memorial was raised at Cloughton to commemorate 14 local servicemen who died during the First World War, a further inscription including three further names was added following the Second World War. It is not known when the memorial was erected. It was originally located at the northern end of the High Street, on the staggered road junction between West Lane and Newlands Lane, being shown here on the 1928 Ordnance Survey Map. It was relocated just over 100m to the west to its current location sometime before the survey for the 1969 1:2500 map.
Details
First World War memorial in the form of an obelisk with an added inscription for the Second World War.
MATERIALS: sandstone with white infilled inscriptions.
DESCRIPTION: a traditional obelisk set on a square plinth raised on a three stepped base. The north face of the obelisk has a laurel wreath carved in relief. The north face of the plinth is inscribed ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS/ OF CLOUGHTON IN GRATEFUL/ RECOGNITION OF OUR BRAVE LADS/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919/ LEST WE FORGET/ ALSO THOSE IN THE SECOND/ WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945/ followed by three names ordered by surname including ranks and honours. To the sides of the plinth are 14 further names also ordered by surname including ranks, one name being out of alphabetical order added at the end in matching script.
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 31 January 2018.
Sources
Websites
Catalogue of memorials including those who served in Yorkshire Regiments, accessed 24/11/2017 from www.ww1-yorkshires.org.uk/html-files/cloughton.htm
War Memorials Register, accessed 31 January 2018 from https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/73252
War Memorials Online, accessed 31 January 2018 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/157459
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, the war memorial, 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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