Beeston Hill War Memorial
Churchyard of the Church of the Holy Spirit, Tempest Road, Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS11 7DD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1454249
- Date first listed:
- 07-Mar-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Beeston Hill War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Churchyard of the Church of the Holy Spirit, Tempest Road, Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS11 7DD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1454249
- Date first listed:
- 07-Mar-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Beeston Hill War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Churchyard of the Church of the Holy Spirit, Tempest Road, Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS11 7DD
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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:
- Churchyard of the Church of the Holy Spirit, Tempest Road, Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS11 7DD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Leeds (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SE2957831031
Summary
First World War memorial commemorating the parishioners of the Church of the Holy Spirit who fought in the war, probably 1920s
Reasons for Designation
Beeston Hill 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:
* it has a distinguished and elegant fleuree cross design.
Group value:
* with the adjacent Church of the Holy Spirit, which is listed at 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 at Beeston Hill (probably in the 1920s) to commemorate the men from the church who had fought in the war. The identity of the sculptor is unknown. The memorial sits within the churchyard of the Church of the Holy Spirit, which closed in 2012.
Details
First World War memorial commemorating the parishioners of the Church of the Holy Spirit who fought in the war, probably 1920s
MATERIALS: limestone
Beeston Hill War Memorial is located within the churchyard of the Church of the Holy Spirit and is situated beneath the south-west (ritual east) window. It consists of a tall fleuree cross with an octagonal shaft rising from a tapered pedestal with a two-stepped tapered base below. The whole memorial is set upon a square two-stepped plinth, which is also of limestone. Each of the pedestal's faces has a raised shaped panel with scrolled decoration; that to the front (south-west) face incorporates an inscription that reads: 'TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN MEMORY OF/ ALL THOSE FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO SERVED IN THE WAR/ 1914 – 1918./ “NOT ONE OF THEM IS/ FORGOTTEN BEFORE GOD." '
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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