Listed Building: DARESBURY WAR MEMORIAL (1429154)

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest. Name: Daresbury War Memorial List entry Number: 1429154 Location: The churchyard of All Saint's Church, Daresbury Lane, Daresbury, Cheshire, WA4 4AR The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority. County: District: Halton District Type: Unitary Authority Parish: Daresbury National Park: Not applicable to this List entry. Grade: II Date first listed: 21-Sep-2015 Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry. Asset Groupings This list entry does not comprise part of an Asset Grouping. Asset Groupings are not part of the official record but are added later for information. List entry Description Summary of Building First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War. Reasons for Designation Daresbury War Memorial, situated in the churchyard 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 this local community, and the sacrifice it has made in the conflicts of the C20. * Group Value: with the Grade II*-listed Church of All Saints. History Daresbury War Memorial was unveiled on 30 October 1920 by Brigadier Sir CM Maynard, in commemoration of the 16 men from the parish who died fighting during the First World War. Plaques commemorating the four men who fell in the Second World War were added after that conflict. Details The tall, stone, memorial stands in the north-west corner of the churchyard of the Church of All Saints (Grade II*-listed), in the intersection of two paths. It comprises a blind wheel-head cross rising from a tapering, octagonal, shaft. The quarters of the wheel-head are decorated with fleurs-de-lis carved in low relief. The moulded foot of the shaft stands on an octagonal plinth. The plinth is raised on a four-stepped, octagonal, base. Plaques of a different, paler, stone are fixed to faces of the plinth and steps. The plaque on the south face of the plinth reads TO THE/ GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF THE MEN/ OF THIS PARISH WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ 1914 – 1919. The names of those who fell are listed on plaques on four of the flanking faces of the plinth. The south-facing sides of the top step of the base bear an inscription reading THEIR NAME/ LIVETH FOR/ EVERMORE. In addition, the south face of the second step of the base bears the inscription 1939 – 1945, with the names of those who fell in the Second World War listed on two flanking plaques. All inscriptions are in metal letters attached to the plaques. Selected Sources Websites Imperial War Museum, War Memorials Archive, accessed 18/05/2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/42847 War Memorials Trust, War Memorials Online, accessed 18/05/2015 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/190205 National Grid Reference: SJ5804382878