Listed Building: Ollerton War Memorial (DNT6107)
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Grade | II |
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Authority | Historic England |
Date assigned | 11 June 2019 |
Date last amended |
Description
First World War memorial, unveiled and dedicated in 1920, with Second World War and later addi-tions. It was designed and constructed by R Thompson of Ollerton.
Of Hopton Wood limestone, it stands at the centre of a triangular-shaped memorial garden
which is bounded by Main Street /Newark Road on the south-west, the River Maun to the north-west and the mill race to Ollerton watermill to the east. The memorial, which stands some 3.5m high, takes the form of a Crusader cross which rises from a tall, tapering, rectangular shaft. The shaft stands on a deep, trapezoidal plinth, rectangular on plan, which in turn sits on a square, three-step base. The whole stands on a concrete foundation. The principal dedicatory inscription is in leaded lettering on the lower section of the shaft's south-west (front) face and reads 'ERECTED / BY THE INHABITANTS / OF OLLE RTON, / TO THE GLORY OF GOD, / AND IN GRATEFUL / MEMORY OF THOSE / W HO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918.' On the plinth below are the names of the 16 men who died in this conflict along with the names of a further 15 men who died during the Second World War. Placed on the second step of the base is a mid-C20 memorial flower vase inscribed 'IN MEMORY OF / TERENCE ARTHUR / GILLOTT / DIED ON ACTIVE / SERVICE IN CYPRUS / AUG. 28TH 1956 / AGED 21 YEARS'. On the step below is a late-C20 stone memorial tablet inscribed 'IN MEMORY OF / CORPORAL STEPHEN RUSSELL McCONIGLE / KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND / ON 4TH MAY 1989, AGED 30.'
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Sources (1)
- SNT228 Published document: DOE. Listed Building Description.
Location
Grid reference | Centred SK 65327 67439 (5m by 5m) |
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Map sheet | SK66NE |
District | Newark |
Civil Parish | Ollerton, Newark |
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Record last edited
Jun 11 2019 11:10AM