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Kimberley

Kimberley war memorial is located on Main Street/Greens Lane, Kimberley, Nottinghamshire. It is constructed of reconstituted stone in the form of a domed butter cross on a round plinth carrying six columns with an inscribed cornice band and dome, topped with a square lantern with four clock faces and a flame finial. A copper dome was added in 2008 altering the original design which can be seen in historic images on the Nottinghamshire County Council website. There are three inscribed bronze tablets to both World Wars. It is a grade II listed structure, located within the Kimberley Conservation Area.

In 2015 a grant of £825 was awarded through War Memorials Trust Grants Scheme towards a structural report to assess the condition and make recommendations on the repair.

With the detailed Specification of Works prepared through the above a further application was made for funding which led to a grant of £50,000 in 2017 awarded through War Memorials Trust Grants Scheme supported by the First World War Memorials Programme funded by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. This is one of the largest grants awarded during the centenary. It supported a comprehensive programme of repair and conservation works in-line with best conservation practice which is guided by publications such as Historic England's The Conservation, Repair and Management of War Memorials. As with all grant-aided projects undertaken which have a total cost greater than £10,000 a conservation-accredited professional advisor was involved with the works. And, as a listed structure, Listed Building Consent was obtained to allow the works to be undertaken.

The project included cleaning of both stone and metalwork, replacement of fixings which had corroded, repairs to the dome and rainwater goods, structural works, re-painting of lettering and an application of SmartWater, as part of the In Memoriam 2014 initiative, to deter theft of the metal elements. Works to the dome returned the design to the original stone finish in keeping with what was chosen by those who erected the war memorial following the end of World War I. The project was completed in 2018 and a site visit by a War Memorials Trust Conservation Officer undertaken to discuss the project before the grant was paid.

Kimberley war memorial was unveiled in 1921 by Sir Henry Dennis Readett Bayley, Chairman of the Giltbrook Leather Works and Managing Director of the Digby Colliery Company. It was dedicated by the Rev. Frederic Hart whose son 2Lt Charles Hart was killed in Africa. It is believed the memorial cost around £1,500 when erected. Its setting has changed over the years as buildings have been erected around it.

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM69
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 59089

War Memorials Online: 131267

National Heritage List for England: 1278015

If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org

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