Memorial details

Memorial type
Hospital / Clinic
District
Cotswold
Town
Cirencester
County
Gloucestershire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 1919
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
45135

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Current location

Cirencester Memorial Centre (Apsley Hall)
Sheep Street
Cirencester
Cotswold
Gloucestershire
GL7 1RQ
England

OS Grid Ref: SP 02074 01814
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Three-storey memorial hall constructed in neoclassical style with triangular pediment and matching portico covering staircase entrance. Portico has four doric columns and four doric pilasters. Dedicatory inscription is incised on frieze beneath pediment on main facade and on frieze beneath pediment on the porch. Two tablets on pilasters have moulded stone architraves and are incised with a roll of honour. Dedicatory plaque, with inscription in relief, is bolted to stonework above the main door.
Inscription
Frieze on facade: TO THE MEMORY OF OUR GLORIOUS DEAD 1914 – 1919 Frieze above porch: THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE Tablets: ROLL OF HONOUR./ (Names) Plaque above door: THIS HALL WAS GIVEN BY EARL BATHURST AND/ WAS ALTERED TO ITS PRESENT PURPOSE BY/ SUBSCRIPTIONS FROM THE EARL & COUNTESS/ AND THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN AND DISTRICT/ AS A THANK OFFERING FOR THE VICTORY WON/ AND FOR PEACE
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Agg, A
Agg, J
Allan, F G
Allaway, W J
Anderson, R G
Angell, W
Angell, Wm
Barrett, J
Barrett, R E
Baxter, A
See details for all 211 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 211
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 211
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
    Order of information: surname, initials of forenames
Components
  • Hospital
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brick, Stone - Limestone
  • Tablets
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Limestone
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Metal
Listing information
  • Apsley Hall
  • Grade II
  • This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
  • More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
  • Historic England
Condition
History
2002: District council plans to demolish the original hospital which is located across the road. Apsley hall will not be affected by this. 1988: District council bought the original hospital for development
Costs

Comments: Originally a Chapel built in 1833 on land leased from Lord Bathurst. Converted into a public hall (Apsley Hall) by Lord Bathurst in 1888. War memorial added to front in c1919 and given by Lord Bathurst to the Memorial Hospital in 1921. Became Cirencester Memorial Centre in 1990 and functions as a mental health resource centre for NHS Gloucestershire Health and Care.

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Details: Earl and Countess Bathurst and the inhabitants of Cirencester and the District
Reference
  • Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard 07 FEB 2002; 14 FEB 2002; 21 FEB 2002

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