Tunstall War Memorial
Tunstall War Memorial, Tunstall Memorial Gardens, Park Terrace, Stoke-on-trent, ST6 6BP
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1493807
- Date first listed:
- 15-Sept-2025
- List Entry Name:
- Tunstall War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Tunstall War Memorial, Tunstall Memorial Gardens, Park Terrace, Stoke-on-trent, ST6 6BP
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1493807
- Date first listed:
- 15-Sept-2025
- List Entry Name:
- Tunstall War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Tunstall War Memorial, Tunstall Memorial Gardens, Park Terrace, Stoke-on-trent, ST6 6BP
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Tunstall War Memorial, Tunstall Memorial Gardens, Park Terrace, Stoke-on-trent, ST6 6BP
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Stoke-on-Trent (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ8616851365
Summary
A First World War memorial, unveiled in 1928, to the designs of Staffordshire architectural practice, Wood and Goldstraw. It was altered following the Second World War in order to add additional names.
Reasons for Designation
Tunstall War Memorial, unveiled in 1928 to the designs of Wood and Goldstraw, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Architectural interest:
* as a well-executed memorial taking the form of a bronze-capped obelisk carved from sandstone.
Historic interest:
* as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20.
History
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and also the official policy of not repatriating the dead which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.
One such memorial was raised at Tunstall, in a memorial garden, as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. The memorial was designed by Staffordshire architects, Wood and Goldstraw and was unveiled on the 14 March 1928 by Colonel Harry Clive, OBE, TD, Commanding 137th (Staffordshire) Infantry Brigade. The unveiling ceremony took place in the Tunstall Memorial Gardens at 3:15pm. The memorial was later altered to recognise the casualties of the Second World War. The memorial was repointed and cleaned in 2013 and cleaned again in 2023.
Details
A First World War memorial, unveiled in 1928, altered following the Second World War.
MATERIALS: constructed of Hollington sandstone with bronze cap and plaques.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in the centre of Tunstall Memorial Gardens and takes the form of a sandstone obelisk with a bronze pyramidal cap standing on a two-stepped base. The dedications sit on opposing elevations on the centre of the plinth atop the pedestal. The north and south faces hold the following inscription on the plaques: TO/ THE GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN OF TUNSTALL/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ DURING THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918.
The east and west elevations are each decorated with a decorative bronze wreath enclosing the dates: 1939 – 1945.
Sources
Websites
Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register, Tunstall, accessed 3 March 2025 from https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/13570
The Potteries, Photo History of Stoke-On-Trent, accessed 3 March 2025 from https://www.thepotteries.org/photo_wk/086.htm
Military Images, Tunstall War Memorial, accessed 3 March 2025 from https://www.militaryimages.net/media/tunstall-war-memorial-staffordshire.47757/
Other
Staffordshire Sentinel, Tuesday 13 March 1928, p 3
Stoke Remembers Leaflet, Visit Stoke, Stoke-On-Trent City Council, 2018
City of Stoke-on-Trent, Local List: 'DSR176 Tunstall War Memorial'
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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