South African War Memorial
SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MEMORIAL, DUNCOMBE PLACE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1257874
- Date first listed:
- 01-Jul-1968
- List Entry Name:
- South African War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MEMORIAL, DUNCOMBE PLACE
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- Reference:
- IOE01/05116/01
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1257874
- Date first listed:
- 01-Jul-1968
- List Entry Name:
- South African War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MEMORIAL, DUNCOMBE PLACE
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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:
- SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MEMORIAL, DUNCOMBE PLACE
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 60215 52119
Details
YORK
SE6052SW DUNCOMBE PLACE
1112-1/27/305 (South East side)
01/07/68 South African War Memorial
GV II*
War memorial. Dated 1905. By GF Bodley. Contrasting stone with
slate commemorative panels. 2-stage octagonal column raised on
high stepped plinth and crowned with crocketed lantern. Plinth
is buttressed at each corner by monolithic block, one
incorporating dedication panel. Both stages of column are
supported by 1-stage buttresses with crocketed pinnacles,
upper ones tied back to lantern as flying buttresses. Lower
stage incorporates engraved panels framed in moulded mullions
and transoms: upper stage has standing military statuary
beneath crocketed ogee-arched canopies. Carved cornice with
gargoyles beneath lantern of paired trefoil-headed lights.
Octagonal finial.
(Bartholomew City Guides: Hutchinson J and Palliser DM: York:
Edinburgh: 1980-: 162; The Buildings of England: Pevsner N:
Yorkshire: York and the East Riding: Harmondsworth: 1972-:
143).
Listing NGR: SE6021552119
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:
- 463349
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Yorkshire - York and the East Riding, (1972), 143
Hutchinson, J, Palliser, D M, Bartholomew City Guides in York, (1980), 162
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 1 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/30913
War Memorials Online, accessed 1 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/157641
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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