Grade II* listed war memorials in England

There are 61 Grade II* listed war memorials in England, out of over 2,000 listed war memorials. In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a building or structure of special historical or architectural importance; listing offers the building legal protection against demolition or modification, which requires permission from the local planning authority. Listed buildings are divided into three categories—grade I, grade II*, and grade II—which reflect the relative significance of the structure and may be a factor in planning decisions. Grade I is the most significant and accounts for 2.5% of listed buildings, while grade II accounts for 92%. Grade II* is the intermediate grade accounting for the remaining 5.5%; it is reserved for "particularly important buildings of more than special interest". A war memorial listed at grade II* may be of particular artistic interest or accomplishment, of a highly unusual design, or of significant historical interest below that required for grade I. It is explicitly unnecessary for the architect or sculptor to be well known in order for a memorial to be listed at grade II*.[1][2] As part of the commemorations of the centenary of the First World War, Historic England—the government body responsible for listing in England—is running a project with the aim of significantly increasing the number of war memorials on the National Heritage List for England.[3]

This list includes only memorials that are grade II* listed buildings in their own right. Memorials which are not free-standing—such as a plaque on a church wall—or which form part of the curtilage of a listed building—such as a sculpture within a building—but do not have their own entry on the National Heritage List for England are not included.

War memorials in England take a wide variety of forms and commemorate centuries of conflicts, though memorials to conflicts and the soldiers who fought in them—rather than exclusively commemorating victorious commanders—only started to be commonplace after the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, which ended the Napoleonic Wars. The aftermath of the First World War (1914–1918) produced significantly more memorials than any other single conflict; thus this list is dominated by First World War memorials, many of which were later re-dedicated or added to reflect losses from the Second World War (1939–1945). The list also features five memorials to the Second Boer War (1899–1902), to which around 1,000 memorials were built in Britain, four commissioned specifically to commemorate the Second World War, and one each to the Seven Years' War (1756–1763) and the Crimean War (1853–1856).[4]

Memorials

Name ID Image Location Conflict Architect Type Inauguration date Listing date
Mells War Memorial 1058315 Mells, Somerset First and Second World Wars Sir Edwin Lutyens Miscellaneous 1921 1 January 1969
Merchant Seamen's Memorial 1031597 Tower Hill, London Borough of Tower Hamlets Second World War Sir Edward Maufe Memorial garden 1955 15 April 1998
Radcliffe Cenotaph 1067192 Radcliffe, Greater Manchester First and Second World Wars Sydney Marsh Cenotaph 1922 10 March 1992
Beaumont College war memorial 1119797 Beaumont College, Old Windsor, Berkshire First World War Sir Giles Gilbert Scott Altar and sculpture 1920 26 June 1998
Hoylake and West Kirby War Memorial 1116883 West Kirby, Merseyside First and Second World Wars Charles Sargeant Jagger Obelisk and sculptures 1922 24 March 2011
Bromley War Memorial 1116976 Bromley, London Borough of Bromley First and Second World Wars Sydney March Obelisk and sculptures 1922 14 December 1995
Stalybridge war memorial 1163074 Stalybridge, Greater Manchester First World War Ferdinand Victor Blundstone Sculpture group 1920 6 February 1986
Stockton-on-Tees War Memorial 1139979 Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham First World War Henry Vaughan Lanchester Sculptures on plinth 1923 19 January 1951
79th Regiment Memorial 1205759 Clifton, Bristol Seven Years' War (1756–1763) Unknown Cenotaph 1766 8 January 1959
Trumpington War Memorial 1245571 Trumpington, Cambridgeshire First World War Eric Gill Cross 1921 12 February 1999
North Eastern Railway War Memorial 1256553 York, North Yorkshire First and Second World Wars Sir Edwin Lutyens Obelisk, screen walls, and Stone of Remembrance 1924 10 September 1970
South African War Memorial 1257874 York, North Yorkshire Second Boer War George Frederick Bodley Cross 1905 1 July 1968
South African War Memorial 1282343 Clifton College, Bristol Second Boer War Alfred Drury Sculpture on plinth 1904 4 March 1977
Boer War Memorial Arch 1375606 Brompton, Kent Second Boer War Ingress Bell Memorial arch 1902 8 July 1998
Saltburn war memorial 1387499 Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire First World War Sir William Reynolds-Stephens Cross 1919 26 May 1999
War memorial at British Medical Association House 1378969 Tavistock Square, London Borough of Camden Second World War James Woodford Sculpture 1954 15 April 1998
Devon County War Memorial and Processional Way 1393228 Exeter, Devon First and Second World Wars Sir Edwin Lutyens Cross 1921 16 April 2009
War memorial at All Saints Church 1384562 Wigan, Greater Manchester First and Second World Wars Sir Giles Gilbert Scott Eleanor cross 1921 24 October 1951
Memorial at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial 1376611 Madingley, Cambridgeshire Second World War Perry Dean Rogers Architects Chapel and memorial wall 1954 25 September 1998
East Pennard Churchyard Cross 1345215 East Pennard, Somerset First World War Unknown Cross Fiteenth century, restored 1919 2 June 1961
Midland Railway War Memorial 1228742 Derby, Derbyshire First World War Sir Edwin Lutyens Cenotaph and screen wall 1921 24 February 1977
East Surrey Division Memorial 1391503 Battersea Park, London Borough of Wandsworth First World War Eric Kennington Sculpture 1924 24 August 2005
South African War Memorial 1389731 Worcester, Worcestershire Second Boer War William Robert Colton Sculpture 1908 19 August 1999
Southport War Memorial 1379604 Southport, Merseyside First and Second World Wars Grayson and Barnish Obelisk and colonnades 1923 15 November 1972
Memorial to the Engine Room Heroes 1209973 Liverpool, Merseyside First World War Sir William Goscombe John Obelisk 1916 14 March 1975
Crimean War Memorial Arch 1375607 Brompton Barracks, Kent Crimean War Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt Memorial arch 1856 8 July 1998
South African War Memorial 1024847 Haymarket, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear Second Boer War Thomas Eyre Macklin Sculpture 1907 12 November 1965
Commonwealth Air Forces Memorial 1376599 Runnymede, Surrey Second World War Sir Edward Maufe Memorial building 1953 25 September 1998
Manchester Cenotaph 1270697 St Peter's Square, Manchester, Greater Manchester First and Second World Wars Sir Edwin Lutyens Cenotaph 1924 3 September 1974
War memorial cloisters at Sedbergh School 1384218 Sedbergh School, Sedbergh, Cumbria First and Second World Wars Sir Hubert Worthington Cloisters 1924 14 June 1984
Dover Patrol Monument 1070067 Dover, Kent First World War Sir Aston Webb Obelisk 1921 22 August 1966
The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Cenotaph 1086395 Maidstone, Kent First and Second World Wars Sir Edwin Lutyens Cenotaph 1921 2 August 1974
Huddersfield war memorial 1427679 Huddersfield, West Yorkshire First and Second World Wars Sir Charles Nicholson Cross and colonnade 1924 14 October 2015
British Thomson-Houston Company War Memorial 1392027 Rugby, Warwickshire First and Second World Wars Sir Edwin Lutyens Cross 1921 13 June 2007
Norwich War Memorial 1051857 Norwich, Norfolk First and Second World Wars Sir Edwin Lutyens Stone of Remembrance 1927 30 September 1983
Machine Gun Corps Memorial 1226874 Hyde Park Corner, City of Westminster, London First World War Francis Derwent Wood Sculpture 1925 5 February 1970
Lewes High Street War Memorial 1191738 Lewes, East Sussex First and Second World Wars Vernon March Sculpture 1924 29 October 1985
Busbridge War Memorial 1044531 Busbridge, Surrey First and Second World Wars Sir Edwin Lutyens Cross 1922 1 February 1991
Holy Island War Memorial 1042308 Lindisfarne, Northumberland First and Second World Wars Sir Edwin Lutyens Cross 1922 15 May 1986
Bournemouth War Memorial 1418017 Bournemouth, Dorset First and Second world Wars WA Hoare Memorial stone 1922 12 March 2014
Belgian Monument to the British Nation 1066168 Victoria Embankment, City of Westminster, London First World War Sir Reginald Blomfield Sculpture 1920 5 February 1970
29th Division War Memorial 1034880 Stretton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire First World War Robert Bridgeman and Sons Obelisk 1921 25 August 1987
The Royal Berkshire Regiment Cenotaph 1321912 Reading, Berkshire First and Second World Wars Sir Edwin Lutyens Cenotaph 1921 22 December 1975
Royal Naval Division Memorial 1392454 Horseguards Parade, City of Westminster, London First World War Sir Edwin Lutyens Obelisk and fountain 1925 6 March 2008
London and North Western Railway War Memorial 1342044 Euston railway station, London Borough of Camden First and Second World Wars Reginald Wynn Owen Obelisk 1921 11 January 1999
Southend-on-Sea War Memorial 1322329 Southend-on-Sea, Essex First and Second World Wars Sir Edwin Lutyens Obelisk 1921 23 August 1974
War memorial in churchyard of St Wulfram's church 1062502 Grantham, Lincolnshire First and Second World Wars Sir Charles Nicholson, 2nd Baronet Cross 1920 20 April 1972
Exeter City War Memorial 1420669 Northernhay Gardens, Exeter, Devon First and Second World Wars John Angel Sculpture 1923 8 September 2014
The Cavalry Memorial 1278118 Hyde Park Corner, City of Westminster, London First World War Adrian Jones Sculpture 1924 1 December 1987
St George's Church Memorial Cross 1425375 Deal, Kent First World War Unknown Cross 1916 11 March 2015
War Memorial in Coventry War Memorial Park 1410358 War Memorial Park, Coventry, West Midlands First World War Thomas Francis Tickner Tower 1927 8 January 2013
Worksop war memorial 1045751 Worksop, Nottinghamshire First World War A. H. Richardson Cenotaph 1925 1 April 1985
Civil Service Rifles War Memorial 1237096 Somerset House, City of Westminster, London First World War Sir Edwin Lutyens Column 1924 1 December 1987
York City War Memorial 1257512 York, North Yorkshire First and Second World Wars Sir Edwin Lutyens Cross 1925 10 September 1970
Hythe war memorial 1430450 Hythe, Kent First and Second World Wars Gilbert Bayes Sculpture 1921 4 December 2015
Retford war memorial 1392660 Retford, Nottinghamshire First and Second World Wars Leonard W Barnard Cross 1921 23 July 2008
Lancashire Fusiliers War Memorial 1250814 Gallipoli Gardens, Bury, Greater Manchester First World War Sir Edwin Lutyens Obelisk 1922 2 September 1992
Folkestone war memorial 1393854 Folkestone, Kent First and Second World Wars Ferdinand Victor Blundstone Sculpture 1922 24 June 2010
Affpudle war memorial 1171702 Affpuddle, Dorset First World War Eric Gill Obelisk 1918 2 October 1984
Bridgwater War Memorial 1197395 Bridgwater, Somerset First World War John Angel Sculpture 1924 16 December 1974
Accrington War Memorial 1205791 Accrington, Lancashire First World War Sir Charles Herbert Reilly Obelisk 1922 09 March 1984
Barnsley War Memorial 1151144 Barnsley, South Yorkshire First and Second World Wars William Thomas Curtis Cenotaph 1925 13 January 1986
Boer War Memorial 1392586 Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham Second Boer War Toft, AlbertAlbert Toft Sculpture 1906 2008-05-14
Lichfield War Memorial 1187733 Lichfield, Staffordshire First World War Charles Bateman Sculpture 1920 5 February 1952
Portsmouth War Memorial 1104318 Portsmouth, Hampshire First World War JS Gibson 1921 25 September 1972
War Memorial to the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Yeomanry 1245906 Gloucester, Gloucestershire First and Second World Wars Cash and Wright Cross 1922 15 December 1998
Sheffield War Memorial 1271299 Sheffield, South Yorkshire First and Second World Wars Charles Carus-Wilson Flagstaff 1925 28 June 1973
The Rifle Brigade War Memorial 1288744 Grosvenor Gardens, Westminster, London First and Second World Wars John Tweed Sculpture 1925 14 January 1970
Rawtenstall Cenotaph 1072780 Rawtenstall, Lancashire First and Second World Wars Louis Frederick Roslyn Cenotaph 1929 30 November 1984

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References

  1. ↑ "The Listing and Grading of War Memorials" (PDF). Historic England. July 2015. p. 2. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Listed Buildings". Historic England. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "The War Memorials Listing Project". Historic England. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Corke, pp. 4–9.
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