Ansley War Memorial
ANSLEY WAR MEMORIAL, BIRMINGHAM ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393733
- Date first listed:
- 31-Mar-2010
- List Entry Name:
- Ansley War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- ANSLEY WAR MEMORIAL, BIRMINGHAM ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393733
- Date first listed:
- 31-Mar-2010
- List Entry Name:
- Ansley War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- ANSLEY WAR MEMORIAL, BIRMINGHAM ROAD
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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:
- ANSLEY WAR MEMORIAL, BIRMINGHAM ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Warwickshire
- District:
- North Warwickshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ansley
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 29244 92614
Reasons for Designation
The war memorial on Birmingham Road in Ansley, erected in 1921, is recommended for designation at Grade II, for the following principal reasons: * Social interest: an eloquent witness to the impact of tragic world events on this community * Historic interest: it has strong cultural and historical significance within both a local and national context * Architectural interest: it is a well executed war memorial of simple, elegant design
Details
ANSLEY
1728/0/10021 BIRMINGHAM ROAD
31-MAR-10 Ansley War Memorial
II
A war memorial, erected in 1921, by an unknown architect. The memorial comprises a Portland stone cross on a slender, tapering octagonal shaft which stands on a stepped, square plinth with mouldings to top and bottom, below which is a three-stepped base. The whole memorial stands on a raised platform with battered sides, clad in roughly-squared Hollingford sandstone. The pedestal is inscribed on its western face: TO THE HONOUR / OF THE ANSLEY MEN WHO / SERVED THEIR COUNTRY / IN HIS MAJESTYS FORCES / DURING THE GREAT WARS / 1914 - 1919 / "LEST WE FORGET" / 1939 - 1945. The eastern face carries a modern, rectangular slate plaque with painted lettering giving the names of the 32 men who died in World War I, and the eight casualties from World War II.
HISTORY: The land upon which the memorial stands was gifted to the Parish Council by the Ansley Coal and Iron Company on 21 August 1920. The memorial was dedicated on 21 August 1921 by Dr Charles Lisle-Carr, the Bishop of Coventry. The memorial was originally flanked by two gun carriages, but these were removed at the outbreak of World War II.
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION DECISION: Ansley war memorial is recommended for designation at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Social interest: an eloquent witness to the impact of tragic world events on this community
* Historic interest: it has strong cultural and historical significance within both a local and national context
* Architectural interest: it is a well executed war memorial of simple, elegant design
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 17 January 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 507505
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 17 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/68481
War Memorials Online, accessed 17 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/130438
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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