Dove Holes War Memorial

First World War memorial, 1927, with later additions for the Second World War.

DESCRIPTION: Dove Holes War Memorial is located in a raised garden on an area of irregular paving on the west side of Hallsteads (A6).

It takes the form of a stone wheel-head cross, with cusped tracery to each segment of the wheel. This crowns an octagonal shaft with a square collar and moulded foot. The shaft rises from an octagonal chamfered plinth with a narrow, octagonal chamfered foot. The whole surmounts a two-stepped base.

The east face of the plinth carries the inscription, TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN/ MEMORY OF/ THOSE FROM/ THIS VILLAGE/ WHO SACRIFICED/ THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR. The other faces of the plinth carry the 36 names of the dead from the First World War, except for the north and north-west faces, which are blank, and the south-east face, which carries the six names relating to the Second World War. The east face of the plinth foot bears the dates 1914 – 1918, with the south-east face bearing the dates 1939 – 1945.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: the memorial stands within a raised site with a regular-coursed stone retaining wall with flat copings to the east side, which has a set of steps at its centre leading up to the memorial. The retaining wall terminates in small, rectangular piers with flat, stone caps to either side of the steps. To the rear of the memorial is a curved section of hedging, behind which is a low stone wall. Metal railings, which were added at a later date, are attached to the copings of the retaining wall; metal handrails are affixed to the wall either side of the steps.

• Pursuant to s1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’) it is declared that these aforementioned features are not of special architectural or historic interest.