Denton War Memorial, Victoria Park, Victoria Street, Denton

Heritage listing

Details War memorial commemorating the First World War, with additions for conflicts following 1945. 1921 to designs by James J Hirst and Arnold Radcliffe. White granite. PLAN: Rectangular, tapering obelisk of large blocks on a deep, cruciform pedestal set on a flight of four cruciform steps standing on a shallow, rectangular base. DESCRIPTION: the war memorial is set in Victoria Park near to a C19 bandstand (Grade II). The tall, tapering obelisk is formed of large stone blocks with stepped blocks towards the top with a diamond-shaped cap and a deep chamfered plinth at the base. The front elevation of the obelisk has a projecting rectangular panel topped by a tapering, engaged column which rises part-way up the obelisk. The panel is inscribed IN GRATEFUL / AND / UNDYING / REMEMBRANCE OF / THOSE WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / THIS MEMORIAL HAS / BEEN ERECTED BY / THEIR FELLOW / TOWNSMEN / JULY 1921. The rear elevation of the obelisk has a similar tapering, engaged column set on a double-stepped plinth. The obelisk stands on a deep, cruciform pedestal with a moulded cornice and deep, cyma reversa moulded plinth. The central face of the pedestal on the front elevation has a panel inscribed with the names of the men lost arranged in alphabetical order. The recessed outer faces each have a square panel relief-carved with a wreath; the left-hand wreath encompasses the date 1914 and the right-hand wreath encompasses the date 1918. Set against the plinth beneath the central panel is a small rectangular, granite tablet inscribed IN PROUD MEMORY OF / THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS TOWN / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES AT / THE CALL OF THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE YEARS SINCE 1945 / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. The right-hand and left-hand side elevations of the pedestal each have a

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.