War Memorial to East of Cathedral
WAR MEMORIAL TO EAST OF CATHEDRAL, NORTH BAILEY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1160359
- Date first listed:
- 10-Mar-1988
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial to East of Cathedral
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL TO EAST OF CATHEDRAL, NORTH BAILEY
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1160359
- Date first listed:
- 10-Mar-1988
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial to East of Cathedral
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAR MEMORIAL TO EAST OF CATHEDRAL, NORTH BAILEY
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:
- WAR MEMORIAL TO EAST OF CATHEDRAL, NORTH BAILEY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County Durham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- City of Durham
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 27425 42137
Details
DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE NORTH BAILEY
NZ 2742 SW (West side)
War memorial to
14/273 east of Cathedral
GV II
First world war memorial. 1926-8 by C.H. Reilly; pictorial carving by
Tyson Smith. Sandstone ashlar. Tall round column on square base with cross
finial. Column is carved in spirals, resembling the piers of the cathedral;
triangles within the spirals contain low-relief carvings of items of soldiers'
kit and weapons. Base inscribed 1914-1918. Cross of four interlaced bands
enclosing carved cross in low relief.
Listing NGR: NZ2742642137
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, 7 February 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 110325
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 7 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/145137
War Memorials Register, accessed 7 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/41882
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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