War Memorial, Retaining Wall and Railings at Memorial Nurses' Home
WAR MEMORIAL, RETAINING WALL AND RAILINGS AT MEMORIAL NURSES' HOME, LENTON ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1270737
- Date first listed:
- 30-Nov-1995
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial, Retaining Wall and Railings at Memorial Nurses' Home
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL, RETAINING WALL AND RAILINGS AT MEMORIAL NURSES' HOME, LENTON ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1270737
- Date first listed:
- 30-Nov-1995
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial, Retaining Wall and Railings at Memorial Nurses' Home
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAR MEMORIAL, RETAINING WALL AND RAILINGS AT MEMORIAL NURSES' HOME, LENTON 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:
- WAR MEMORIAL, RETAINING WALL AND RAILINGS AT MEMORIAL NURSES' HOME, LENTON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Nottingham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 56836 39573
Details
NOTTINGHAM
SK5639NE LENTON ROAD
646-1/19/319 (North side)
War memorial, retaining wall and
railings at Memorial Nurses' Home
GV II
War memorial, retaining wall and railings. 1921-23. Probably
by Evans, Cartwright & Woollett, architects of the Memorial
Nurses' Home (qv). Ashlar wall, with cast-iron railing and
bronze war memorial.
Retaining wall, approx 80m long, running in a slight curve
along the north side of Lenton Road, divided by pilasters and
topped with a cast-iron railing. To the left, 3 slightly
projecting bays divided by pilasters, containing a bronze
plaque flanked by wreaths and torches, forming the City and
County war memorial. To the left of this, the wall is stepped
back into the slope, and in front is a lower screen wall,
approx 20m long, with a central round-arched gateway flanked
by rusticated piers.
Listing NGR: SK5683639573
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, 24 January 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 457435
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 24 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/27376
War Memorials Online, accessed 24 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/148145
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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