Memorial Plaque Attached to North West Side of Former Town Hall at Junction With High Street
MEMORIAL PLAQUE ATTACHED TO NORTH WEST SIDE OF FORMER TOWN HALL AT JUNCTION WITH HIGH STREET, STATION ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1151176
- Date first listed:
- 18-Apr-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Memorial Plaque Attached to North West Side of Former Town Hall at Junction With High Street
- Statutory Address:
- MEMORIAL PLAQUE ATTACHED TO NORTH WEST SIDE OF FORMER TOWN HALL AT JUNCTION WITH HIGH STREET, STATION ROAD
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- Date:
- 2002-03-01
- Reference:
- IOE01/05847/31
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1151176
- Date first listed:
- 18-Apr-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Memorial Plaque Attached to North West Side of Former Town Hall at Junction With High Street
- Statutory Address 1:
- MEMORIAL PLAQUE ATTACHED TO NORTH WEST SIDE OF FORMER TOWN HALL AT JUNCTION WITH HIGH STREET, STATION ROAD
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.
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:
- MEMORIAL PLAQUE ATTACHED TO NORTH WEST SIDE OF FORMER TOWN HALL AT JUNCTION WITH HIGH STREET, STATION ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Barnsley (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 40039 02978
Details
SE40SW WOMBWELL STATION ROAD
(south-east side),
Wombwell
6/52 Memorial plaque
attached to north-
west side of former
Town Hall at junction
with High Street.
II
Boer War memorial plaque. c1902. By G. Steele, sculptor of Wombwell.
Well-carved sandstone surround; panel probably of granite. Corbels
carved with lion's heads and Yorkshire roses flank the inscription
'DUTY NOBLY DONE'. Above, an inscribed panel in moulded architrave
flanked by half-detached soldiers in battle dress set before draped
flags. Shallow cornice beneath ogee-headed feature with unicorn
crest within carved foliage; crown at apex. Inscription: dedication
to, and names of, the people of Wombwell who served in the Boer War
1899-1902.
Listing NGR: SE4003902978
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, 10 August 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 333680
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 31 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/28135
War Memorials Online, accessed 10 August 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/251340
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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