Burton St Chad War Memorial
Burton St Chad War Memorial, St Chad's Church, Hunter Street, Burton on Trent, East Staffordshire, DE14 2SS
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1461886
- Date first listed:
- 09-Jan-2019
- List Entry Name:
- Burton St Chad War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Burton St Chad War Memorial, St Chad's Church, Hunter Street, Burton on Trent, East Staffordshire, DE14 2SS
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1461886
- Date first listed:
- 09-Jan-2019
- List Entry Name:
- Burton St Chad War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Burton St Chad War Memorial, St Chad's Church, Hunter Street, Burton on Trent, East Staffordshire, DE14 2SS
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
- Statutory Address:
- Burton St Chad War Memorial, St Chad's Church, Hunter Street, Burton on Trent, East Staffordshire, DE14 2SS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Staffordshire
- District:
- East Staffordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Horninglow and Eton
- National Grid Reference:
- SK2460124484
Summary
A First World War memorial dating from around 1920, altered following the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Burton St Chad 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:
* the memorial is a dignified and sombre stone cross, neatly made and well-proportioned.
Group value
* it has strong group value with the adjacent Church of St Chad, which is listed at Grade I.
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 which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss. One such memorial was raised at Burton-upon-Trent as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.
Little is known about the history of the memorial although it was in situ by the time of the 1952 Ordnance Survey map.
Details
A First World War memorial dating from around 1920, altered following the Second World War.
MATERIALS: sandstone
DESCRIPTION: Burton St Chad War Memorial is located within the grounds of the Church of St Chad (Grade I listed) to the west of the church.
It takes the form of a cross fleury on a collared shaft. The cross shaft rises from a pedestal on a two-stepped octagonal base. The west face of the cross shaft has a niche at the base bearing a carved figure with an anchor, under which SPES is carved in relief. The pedestal has four niches each bearing a religious figure. The north-west face of the top step of the base is incised 1914-1918 followed by OUR GLORIOUS DEAD on the west face and 1939-1945 on the south-west face.
The memorial stands on a circular paved area set within the churchyard.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Online reference 130900, accessed 17.12.17 from http://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/130900
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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