War Memorial, Victoria Park
WAR MEMORIAL, VICTORIA PARK, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1077115
- Date first listed:
- 29-Sept-1987
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial, Victoria Park
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL, VICTORIA PARK, HIGH STREET
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- 2001-02-16
- Reference:
- IOE01/02934/06
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1077115
- Date first listed:
- 29-Sept-1987
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial, Victoria Park
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAR MEMORIAL, VICTORIA PARK, HIGH STREET
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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:
- WAR MEMORIAL, VICTORIA PARK, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Sandwell (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 02321 88070
Details
SANDWELL MB HIGH STREET
SP 0288 SW
Smethwick
20/96 War Memorial, Victoria Park
GV II
First World War Memorial. Circa 1920. Granite and bronze. A tapering
column of square plan with re-entrant corners, raised on steps and splayed
outwards at bottom where rests on base. Above a moulded cornice is a cap
with flaming urn. Facing the road there is a carved wreath. Attached to
the front, on a base with curved front, is a bronze statue of a woman hold-
ing an olive branch. Attached to the base is a plaque inscribed: "Wait
but for the yield of all our toil and God shall not forget". Attached to
the left and right hand return sides of the base are bronze relief panels.
The left hand one shows an infantry scene. The right hand one shows ships
with biplanes flying overhead.
Listing NGR: SP0232188070
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, 18 January 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 219307
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 18 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/17491
War Memorials Online, accessed 18 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/151994
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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