Scotby War Memorial

Church of All Saints Churchyard, Main Street, Scotby, Cumbria, CA4 8BW

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First World War memorial, 1920, modelled on Sir Reginald Blomfield’s Cross of Sacrifice design, with later additions for the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1463529
Date first listed:: 02-May-2019
List Entry Name:: Scotby War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Church of All Saints Churchyard, Main Street, Scotby, Cumbria, CA4 8BW

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1463529
Date first listed:: 02-May-2019
List Entry Name:: Scotby War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Church of All Saints Churchyard, Main Street, Scotby, Cumbria, CA4 8BW

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Church of All Saints Churchyard, Main Street, Scotby, Cumbria, CA4 8BW

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Cumberland (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Wetheral
National Grid Reference:: NY4406555182

Summary

First World War memorial, 1920, modelled on Sir Reginald Blomfield’s Cross of Sacrifice design, with later additions for the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Scotby War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following 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:

* as a good, well executed example of a war memorial adapted from Sir Reginald Blomfield Cross of Sacrifice designed for the Imperial War Graves Commission.

Group value:

* sited within the churchyard of the Grade II-listed Church of All Saints.

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 unveiled by the vicar of Scotby, the Reverend R S Greene, on 27 June 1920, just within the entrance to the churchyard of All Saints Church. It commemorates the 23 local servicemen who died in the First World War. The memorial is very similar to the 1918 design by Sir Reginald Blomfield for the Imperial War Graves Commission known as the Cross of Sacrifice, but omitting the bronze sword which is usually affixed to the cross on these memorials which were erected in Britain’s war cemeteries in France and Belgium. The memorial is also in local red sandstone rather than the more usual pale-coloured Portland stone.

Following the Second World War a further inscription was added including a further three names.

Details

War memorial, 1920.

MATERIALS: red sandstone.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial is in the form of a medieval market cross with a tall Latin cross with an octagonal shaft set on an inscribed plinth, the plinth being placed at the top of a set of three encircling steps. The south face of the plinth, facing the road, carries the inscription in raised lettering:

TO THE/ HONOURED/ MEMORY/ OF MEN WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR/ THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919.

Set below there are the additional dates 1939-1940.

The remaining faces are inscribed with the names of the service men who were killed, including their rank and regiment.

Sources

Websites
Imperial War Museum Inventory record, accessed 8 March 2019 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/4320

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.