Hollingworth War Memorial

War memorial commemorating the First World War, Second World War and subsequent conflicts since 1945. Erected 1925-1926, designer unknown.

PLAN: cross set on a high, octagonal pedestal raised on three octagonal steps, standing on a semi-circular platform bounded by a low wall which steps out at the front to flank the platform.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands on a semi-circular platform. A Latin cross with a narrow, relief outline is set on a tall, slightly tapering, rectangular shaft with an octagonal, moulded base. This stands on top of a deep, octagonal pedestal with a moulded, sloping cap and chamfered plinth. The panels of the pedestal bear inscriptions of slightly-raised lead lettering. The front panel has the inscription: IN GLORIOUS MEMORY / OF / THE MEN OF / HOLLINGWORTH / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN / THE EUROPEAN WAR / 1914-1918. / ‘AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN / AND IN THE MORNING / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM'. The panels to either side each bear the surnames and initials of 20 men who died in the First World War (40 in all). The right-hand side panel has the dates 1939-1945 and the surnames and initials of 10 military casualties, with an inscription below: CIVILIANS KILLED BY / ENEMY ACTION, with the names of two females and a male of the Pickering family; the adjacent panel to the right-hand side has a single name. The rear panel has the inscription: ERECTED BY / PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / 1925. The left-hand side panel has the inscription: IN PROUD MEMORY / OF / THE MEN AND WOMEN OF / THE VILLAGE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES AT / THE CALL OF / THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE YEARS SINCE / 1945 / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. The adjacent panel to the left-hand side has the inscription IRAQ and a single name. The pedestal stands on three shallow, octagonal, chamfered steps.

The semi-circular platform is stone-flagged with a stone kerb to the straight entrance front. A low wall of shaped and roughly coursed stone with flat, stone coping bounds the curve of the platform. The wall steps out at the entrance with short, flanking walls reducing in height with concave curved coping. In the return angles of the stepped wall are two square, stone blocks with inset, pyramid caps.

Pursuant to s.1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 ('the Act') it is declared that the low, decorative iron railings are a modern addition to the curved wall and are not of special architectural or historic interest.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 25 September 2017.