War Memorial Obelisk and Kerb, 70 Metres North East of the Castle Museum

WAR MEMORIAL OBELISK AND KERB, 70 METRES NORTH EAST OF THE CASTLE MUSEUM, CASTLE ROAD

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1271191
Date first listed:
30-Nov-1995
List Entry Name:
War Memorial Obelisk and Kerb, 70 Metres North East of the Castle Museum
Statutory Address:
WAR MEMORIAL OBELISK AND KERB, 70 METRES NORTH EAST OF THE CASTLE MUSEUM, CASTLE ROAD

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Date:
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1271191
Date first listed:
30-Nov-1995
List Entry Name:
War Memorial Obelisk and Kerb, 70 Metres North East of the Castle Museum
Statutory Address 1:
WAR MEMORIAL OBELISK AND KERB, 70 METRES NORTH EAST OF THE CASTLE MUSEUM, CASTLE ROAD

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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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
WAR MEMORIAL OBELISK AND KERB, 70 METRES NORTH EAST OF THE CASTLE MUSEUM, CASTLE 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 56891 39561

Details

NOTTINGHAM

SK5639NE CASTLE ROAD
646-1/19/124 (West side (off))
War Memorial obelisk and kerb, 70m
north-east of the Castle Museum

GV II

War memorial obelisk and kerb. c1880. Erected by the 59th
Regiment. Grey granite. Obelisk on tapering square base and
pedestal, surrounded by a kerb with miniature obelisks linked
by chains. The pedestal is inscribed. The memorial
commemorates those killed in the Afghan campaign, 1878-1880.


Listing NGR: SK5689139561


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, 10 August 2017.

Legacy

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Legacy System number:
455793
Legacy System:
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Sources

Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 24 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/27427
War Memorials Online, accessed 10 August 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/251386

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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