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Hucknall

The war memorial in the Nottinghamshire town of Hucknall is similar in design to the cenotaph in London, being a massive structure of blocks of Portland stone with a smaller second tier. At the base of the second tier is a frieze of a Greek key pattern. There is a cross on the front of the memorial and a bronze plaque and a bronze plaque on the back. The memorial stands on three shallow steps in an area paved with sandstone slabs, contained within a post and chain fence. The stone corner posts also support two bronze plaques each, upon which are listed the names of the fallen of World War I. The memorial is in Titchfield Park.

At some time in the past a bronze plaque from one of the corner posts had been removed and was lost. In August 2005 English Heritage and the Wolfson Foundation gave a grant of £1150 to cast a replacement. One of the existing plaques was removed so the new one could be copied exactly, and the names that should have been on it were available from the records.

In 2019 this war memorial received a further grant of £2,320 from War Memorials Trust towards conservation works. The memorial was cleaned using a DOFF steam cleaning system with localised poultice cleaning to address verdigris staining. Following the clean the bronze work was treated with a protective microcrystalline wax. The construction joints of the memorial and surrounding paving were raked out and repointed using a lime mortar.

The memorial was unveiled in 1922. It was designed by T.C.Howitt, a local architect, who was responsible for a number of other structures in the park. After World War II a second panel was added to the face of the memorial.

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM1592
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 58983

The memorial is listed building number 410910

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

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