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Latitude: 53.923 / 53°55'22"N
Longitude: -1.0946 / 1°5'40"W
OS Eastings: 459556
OS Northings: 447807
OS Grid: SE595478
Mapcode National: GBR NRS2.TG
Mapcode Global: WHFC9.5N0F
Plus Code: 9C5WWWF4+55
Entry Name: War Memorial
Listing Date: 11 February 2008
Last Amended: 9 March 2010
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1392958
English Heritage Legacy ID: 503914
ID on this website: 101392958
Location: St Andrew's Church, Bishopthorpe, York, North Yorkshire, YO23
County: York
Civil Parish: Bishopthorpe
Built-Up Area: Bishopthorpe
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Bishopthorpe St Andrew
Church of England Diocese: York
Tagged with: War memorial
1112-1/0/10069 CHURCH LANE
11-FEB-08 BISHOPTHORPE
WAR MEMORIAL
(Formerly listed as:
CHURCH LANE
BISHOPTHORPE
WAR MEMORIAL)
II
War Memorial, 1921, designed by Brierley and Rutherford, in Portland stone.
The memorial takes the form of a floriated cross head surmounting a tapering stone column, approximately 2 metres high, standing on a tapered stone plinth. The base below has two steps and the whole stands in a small enclosure in the corner of the churchyard of the church of St Andrew, opposite the entrance to the Archbishop's Palace. Near the base of the column is a cusped niche with crocketed finials, containing a carved stone statuette of St George and the Dragon. The plinth bears an inscription on the front face reading: IN MEMORY OF/ (14 NAMES)/ MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ LET THESE MEN BE HERE REMEMBERED IN THANKFULNESS & HONOUR. The inscription on the west face reads: (10 NAMES)/ WHO ALSO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE/ RENEWED FIGHT FOR FREEDOM/ 1939-1945. The names and the last part of the inscription were added after the Second World War. On the east face an inscription reads: WE PRAY THEE HELP THY/ SERVANTS WHOM THOU/ HAST REDEEMED WITH/ THY PRECIOUS BLOOD.
HISTORY: The Memorial was unveiled by the Archbishop of York on 22nd May 1921. Walter Brierley was a well known architect in a York firm and a number of his buildings are designated including several schools and County Hall at Northallerton. In 1921 he was nearing the end of his life. Rutherford was also a local architect, though not a partner in the Brierley firm.
Reasons for Designation
Bishopthorpe War Memorial is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* It forms a poignant reminder of the effects of tragic world events on this local community
* It is a well designed monument by a well known architect, Walter Brierley
* It is made of high quality materials, executed with excellent craftsmanship
* It has group value with the adjacent church, Archbishop's Palace and other designated buildings
* Its proximity to and historic association with the Archbishop of York's Palace gives it added significance.
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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, 1 February 2017.
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