War Memorial
WAR MEMORIAL, THE GREEN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1256482
- Date first listed:
- 14-Mar-1997
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL, THE GREEN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1256482
- Date first listed:
- 14-Mar-1997
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAR MEMORIAL, THE GREEN
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, THE GREEN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- York (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 57212 51346
Details
YORK
SE5751SW THE GREEN, Acomb
1112-1/18/1203 War Memorial
II
War memorial. c1920; altered after Second World War and
restored late C20. Limestone ashlar. On the west side the
Latin cross is carved with a wreath and dove in the centre of
the cross head. The upper part of the octagonal base is
decorated with symbolic carvings which include shields and
military trophies. Below are carved tablets with the names of
the dead from the First World War, restored in the late C20.
Against the west side of the octagonal steps there is a
carving of an open book, inscribed with the names of the dead
from the 1939-1945 war.
Listing NGR: SE5721251346
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, 1 February 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 464880
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 1 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/30657
War Memorials Online, accessed 1 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/247695
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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