Rishton War Memorial

The Rishton War Memorial, designed in 1923 and later altered in 1949 with subsequent additions of names, commemorates the First World War and was created by architects Briggs and Thornely, with carving by William Kirkpatrick. The memorial is constructed from Creetown granite, with sandstone steps, and original iron bollards and railings. It stands within a triangular memorial garden at a road junction.

The memorial consists of a 6.7-metre-high triangular pylon set on a tall plinth and approached by steps. The pylon has chamfered corners, a pyramidal top, and a flared base, with antefixae decorated with anthemion at the corners. A frieze runs below these, set between deep channels. Each of the three main faces features a raised tablet with a garlanded laurel wreath in high relief, and a regnal crown above the tablet. The front (north) tablet is inscribed "PRO/PATRIA/1914 – 1919."

The triangular plinth has square corner pillars mirroring the pylon’s design, with pyramidal tops, anthemion antefixae, and a ribbed frieze that runs around its entirety. Names are inscribed in five columns of twelve on each face, ordered alphabetically by surname and initial; where surnames and initials are identical, a place or street name of the individual's residence is included. Additional names are on the faces of the west and south corner pillars. The base is triangular with cut-off corners, forming an irregular hexagon. A decorative low metal rail runs along the upper step of each face.

A flight of six sandstone steps leads up the north face of the mound on which the memorial stands; these steps return along part of the south-west and north-east faces and end in stringers. A granite tablet set in a sloping sandstone bed in the centre of the north face lists the 23 names of those who died in the Second World War, along with “KOREA” and a further name. A vertical headstone with a shaped top, inscribed "1939 – 1945", sits above the steps.

The memorial garden is enclosed by original decorative metal bollards linked by chains, forming a boundary feature.