Monument to Sarah Lees
MONUMENT TO SARAH LEES
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1282576
- Date first listed:
- 08-Mar-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Monument to Sarah Lees
- Statutory Address:
- MONUMENT TO SARAH LEES
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1282576
- Date first listed:
- 08-Mar-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Monument to Sarah Lees
- Statutory Address 1:
- MONUMENT TO SARAH LEES
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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.
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:
- MONUMENT TO SARAH LEES
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Oldham (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 91498 03930
Details
OLDHAM
SD90SW WERNETH PARK 780-1/3/91 (North East side) Monument to Sarah Lees
GV II
Monument to Sarah Lees. c1938. White ashlar and bronze. Tall pylon with crosses in relief on each side rising from hexagonal plinth itself carried on circular base set in centre of raised flower bed with low stone retaining wall incorporating drinking fountains now mutilated at cardinal points. Circular base carries low relief bronzes, depicting signs of zodiac, and figures emblematic of seasons together with bust of Sarah Lees and inscription plate also low relief bronzes on hexagon above. Erected to the memory of Sarah Lees by the townspeople of Oldham. Sarah Lees was a leading local philanthropist and public figure, the first woman on Oldham town council in 1907, and mayor in 1910. On her death in 1935, she left her former home of Werneth Park to the town. (Lancashire Life: E.L.Briggs: Sarah's Reaching Hands: 1984-: 41).
Listing NGR: SD9149803930
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 388955
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Briggs, E L, Lancashire Life in Sarahs Reaching Hands, (1984), 41
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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