KING ALFRED MEMORIAL
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1153297
Date first listed: 21-Mar-1983
Statutory Address: KING ALFRED MEMORIAL, SHORE ROAD
Map
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Location
Statutory Address: KING ALFRED MEMORIAL, SHORE ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Dorset
District: Purbeck (District Authority)
Parish: Swanage
National Grid Reference: SZ 03133 78890
Details
SHORE ROAD
1.
5190
King Alfred Memorial
SZ 0378 NW 5/139
II
2.
Erected 1862 by John Mowlem. A granite Tuscan column, set on 2 stone steps and
inscribed - "In commemoration of a great naval battle fought with the Danes -in Swanage
Bay by Alfred the Great. AD 877". "Erected by Johm Mowlem. AD 1862". On top of the
columns are 4 cannon balls, brought from the Crimean War. (This motif was repeated
round the tennis courts of Purbeck House qv). A prominent feature of the sea front.
Listing NGR: SZ0313378890
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 108266
Legacy System: LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing