Aston War Memorial
Aston Lane, Aston, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 3ED
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1439502
- Date first listed:
- 11-Nov-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Aston War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Aston Lane, Aston, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 3ED
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1439502
- Date first listed:
- 11-Nov-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Aston War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Aston Lane, Aston, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 3ED
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:
- Aston Lane, Aston, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 3ED
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Aston
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ5560978476
Summary
First World War memorial, unveiled 1922, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Aston War Memorial, which stands on Aston Lane, is listed at Grade II for the following principal 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: a simple yet elegant memorial in the Classical style;
* Group value: with the Church of St Peter (Grade I) and a number of Grade II-listed churchyard monuments.
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. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and also the official policy of not repatriating the dead: therefore the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss. One such memorial was raised at Aston as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.
The memorial was unveiled by Colonel DH Talbot and dedicated on 27 February 1922, commemorating 16 local servicemen who died during the First World War. Following the Second World War a further five names were added recording those who died in that conflict.
Details
The memorial stands outside the Church of St Peter (Grade I-listed) on a triangle of grass at the roadside. The sandstone monument, c2.5m tall, takes the form of a tapering pillar, square on plan. The pillar is surmounted by a pyramidal cap, below which, to the front, is a wreath suspended from a ribbon carved in relief.
The principal dedicatory inscription, on the main body of the pillar, reads OUR FALLEN HEROES / 1914 – 1919/ (NAMES). Below this on the base the later inscription continues 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES). One First World War name is recorded to the west face of the memorial, reading WALCOT HARMOOD BANNER, (CAPT).
The Memorial stands on a square step and is enclosed by a square fence of round-headed iron railings with a small gate to the north side.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 22 May 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/42859
War Memorials Online, accessed 27 July 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/233859
Other
Chester Archives: Runcorn War Memorial and War Memorial Fund: minutes, accounts and papers (1914-1948)
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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