War Memorial Gate
Castle Park entrance, Ullswater Road, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 7JQ
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1483362
- Date first listed:
- 17-Nov-2022
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial Gate
- Statutory Address:
- Castle Park entrance, Ullswater Road, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 7JQ
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1483362
- Date first listed:
- 17-Nov-2022
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial Gate
- Statutory Address 1:
- Castle Park entrance, Ullswater Road, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 7JQ
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:
- Castle Park entrance, Ullswater Road, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 7JQ
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Westmorland and Furness (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Penrith
- National Grid Reference:
- NY5121829873
Summary
First World War memorial gateway, 1923 with Second World War additions.
Reasons for Designation
This war memorial gateway of 1923 is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Architectural interest:
* a handsome structure designed as an eye-catching public park entrance gate with integral seated pavilions;
* it is constructed of good quality local stone, and displays good craftsmanship and detailing.
Historic interest:
* it forms an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifices it has made during the First and Second World Wars.
History
This war memorial in the form of a gate to a public park was erected by W Grisenthwaite (Mason) and unveiled on 18 March 1923 at a ceremony attended by the Bishop of Carlisle and Colonel Haswell. It was rededicated on 7 November 1948 after the names of the Fallen of the Second World War were added. Penrith Castle Park was created in the early 1920s and incorporates the remains of the Scheduled and Grade I listed Strickland’s Pele Tower and Penrith Castle, and a Grade II listed Boer War memorial.
Details
First World War memorial gate, 1923 with Second World War additions.
MATERIALS: regular sandstone blocks with ashlar dressings; bronze name plaques.
PLAN: rectangular with wide central entrance and flanking pavillions.
EXTERIOR: a steeply-roofed gabled archway with raised stone verges. The chamfered surface of the arch bears the carved inscription: THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE, below a stopped hoodmould, and it is flanked by stepped and coped buttresses. Immediately above, at the apex of the gable there is an inset stone plaque with the date 1914/1918. The right and left returns each have a projecting pavilion in the form of a canted bay with stone coping and a string course; there is a single window opening to the short side and paired two-light mullioned windows to the long side. All windows have metal inserts. The rear elevation is similar, but plainer and lacks the inscription and buttresses.
INTERIOR: the pair of roofed pavilions have timber roof structures and raised and stone-kerbed floors and replacement benches. Each also has a large bronze plaque affixed to the south-east wall reading: THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ 'HONOUR THE FALLEN BRAVE'/ (NAMES in 2 columns), and one also has a similar bronze plaque reading: THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945/HONOUR THE FALLEN BRAVE/(names in 2 columns).
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 6 February to amend a typo in the description
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Hyde, M, The Buildings of England: Cumbria, (2010), 568
Websites
Inventory of war memorials, accessed 31-08-2022 from https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/3080
Inventory, accessed 01-09-2022 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/119540
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
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