Listed Building: STANTON HILL WAR MEMORIAL (4.6.14)
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Grade | II |
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Authority | |
Date assigned | 29 January 2016 |
Date last amended |
Description
Reasons for Designation
Stanton Hill war memorial, unveiled in August 1920, which stands in the grounds of the Church of All Saints,
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;
* Design: as a modest yet well-executed memorial cross.
History
The concept of commemorating war dead did not develop to any great extent until towards the end of the
C19. Prior to then memorials were rare and were mainly dedicated to individual officers, or sometimes
regiments. The first large-scale erection of war memorials dedicated to the ordinary soldier followed the
Second Boer War of 1899-1902, which was the first major war following reforms to the British Army which led
to regiments being recruited from local communities and with volunteer soldiers. However, it was the
aftermath of the First World War that was the great age of memorial building, both as a result of the huge
impact the loss of three quarters of a million British lives had on communities and 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.
Stanton Hill war memorial was unveiled in August 1920 in memory of the 60 local men who fell in the First
World War (1914-18). Following the Second World War (1939-45) the names of eight of the fallen were
added in a separate memorial tablet, set at the base of the original. The war memorial is set prominently to
the south of the Church of All Saints, built in 1899 as the Chapel of Ease for the neighbouring Church of St
Andrew, Skegby (listed Grade II, NHLE 1234873) which is situated around 600 metres to the east, set off
Mansfield Road.
Details
Stanton Hill war memorial was unveiled in August 1920. The granite stone monument measures
approximately 4 metres in height, is octagonal in plan and takes the form of an encircled cross on a tapered
shaft set upon a plinth, base and platform. Beneath the cross, the tapered shaft bears a relief carving of the
letters ‘IHS’ (a Greek Christogram symbol of Jesus Christ, in the form of acronym). Each of the eight faces of
the octagonal plinth carry inscriptions; the epitaph on the frontal (south) elevation reads: “ERECTED TO THE
/ MEMORY OF THE / SAILORS AND SOLDIERS / OF STANTON HILL, / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR / LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR, / 1914-19” with the names of 60 local men who fell in the conflict continuing around
the plinth. Resting at a slight angle on the base of the south elevation of the plinth is a tablet inscribed with
the names of eight of the fallen from the Second World War and a further inscription which reads: “O,
VALIANT HEARTS WHO TO YOUR GLORY CAME / THROUGH DUST OF CONFLICT & THROUGH
BATTLE FLAME / TRANQUIL YOU LIE, YOUR KNIGHTLY VIRTUE PROVED / YOUR MEMORY
HALLOWED IN THE LAND YOU LOVED / 1939-45”. The memorial is located within the grounds of the
Church of All Saints on a triangular gravelled plot bordered by flagstone paths. The memorial is positioned
symmetrically in line with the church’s south window, facing Fackley Road in the centre of Stanton Hill.
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SK 48496 60784 (9m by 5m) |
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Map sheet | SK46SE |
District | Ashfield |
Civil Parish | Teversal, Ashfield |
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Record last edited
Feb 7 2017 9:48AM