Description

EATON UNDER HEYWOOD

1312-1/0/10006 TICKLERTON
04-JUL-08 Ticklerton War Memorial

II
War memorial commemorating those men from Eaton-Under-Heywood who served in the First World War. The memorial was unveiled in April 1920.

The memorial consists of a Grinshill sandstone stepped square plinth with pedestal in form of Roman funerary monument, surmounted by tapering obelisk, pointed at summit. It is bordered by a double railed post and rail fence.

On the front of the pedestal is an inscription which reads as follows: THIS OBELISK IS ERECTED IN HONOUR OF THE MEN FROM EATON-UNDER-HEYWOOD WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918. On either side of the obelisk and supported on low inclined pedestals are bronze commemorative plaques each inscribed at the top with THE WAR MEMORIAL followed by a list of names including rank and sometimes regiment.

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION
Ticklerton war memorial is listed at Grade II, for the following principal reasons:
* War memorials have a very strong historical and cultural significance on both a local and national scale as a reminder of past global conflict.
* Striking monument of classical form, identical in design to other listed memorials.

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, 19 January 2017.

Reasons for Listing

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION DECISION
Ticklerton war memorial is designated at Grade II, for the following principal reasons:
* War memorials have a very strong historical and cultural significance on both a local and national scale as a reminder of past global conflict.
* Striking monument of classical form, identical in design to other listed memorials.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26671846

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)