South African War Memorial

SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MEMORIAL, HAYMARKET

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Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1024847
Date first listed:
12-Nov-1965
Statutory Address:
SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MEMORIAL, HAYMARKET
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Date:
2000-08-13
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1024847
Date first listed:
12-Nov-1965
Date of most recent amendment:
30-Mar-1987
Statutory Address 1:
SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MEMORIAL, HAYMARKET

Location

Statutory Address:
SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MEMORIAL, HAYMARKET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Newcastle upon Tyne (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
NZ 24811 64862

Details

NZ 2464 NE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HAYMARKET
16/306
12/11/65 South African War Memorial
(formerly listed in Barras
Bridge)
G.V. II*
War Memorial. Dated and signed T.EYRE MACIKLIN INVT ET SCULPT 1907; inscribed -
Montacutelli. brothers, founders, London, on relief. Sandstone ashlar with bronze
sculpture. Wide octagonal steps to base with bronze shield, pictorial low relief
panel and garlands; large figure at east bearing unfurled flag and clasping tall
octagonal tapered column with inscription commemorating those of the Northumbrian
regiments who died in the South African War, 1899-1902. Heroic-sized winged Victory
on top.


Listing NGR: NZ2481164862


This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 8 February 2017.

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Legacy System number:
304624
Legacy System:
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Sources

Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 8 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/34613
War Memorials Online, accessed 8 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/200052

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