Matlock Bath War Memorial

Matlock Bath War Memorial
Matlock Bath War Memorial
Location	Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, England
Coordinates	53°07′18″N 1°33′33″W
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name	War Memorial
Designated	12 February 2018
Reference no.	1451237[1]
Location in Derbyshire

Matlock Bath War Memorial is a 20th-century grade II* listed war memorial in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire.^[2][3]

History

The war memorial in Memorial Park consists of a sculpture in Carrara marble on a pedestal of Cornish grey granite. The sculpture depicts a soldier and a sailor standing across a cairn, holding a flag. The pedestal consists of a pillar with a moulded and dentilled cornice and base and corner pilasters, on a plinth with a laurel wreath in relief. This stands on a stepped base and the memorial is surrounded by a low circular kerb. On the pedestal are inscriptions and the names of those lost in the two World Wars.^[4][5]

The memorial has been Grade II* listed since 12 February 2018.^[6]

See also

• Listed buildings in Matlock Bath

References

1. Historic England. "War Memorial (Grade II) (1451237)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
2. "Matlock Bath War Memorial, Matlock Bath - 1451237 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
3. "Matlock Bath". www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
4. Hartwell, Pevsner & Williamson (2016), p. 508
5. Historic England & 1451237
6. "Matlock Bath". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 12 June 2023.

Sources

• Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Williamson, Elizabeth (2016) [1978]. Derbyshire. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-21559-5.