First World War Memorial and Attached Railings
FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORIAL AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, PARAGON SQUARE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1291989
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jan-1994
- List Entry Name:
- First World War Memorial and Attached Railings
- Statutory Address:
- FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORIAL AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, PARAGON SQUARE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1291989
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jan-1994
- List Entry Name:
- First World War Memorial and Attached Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORIAL AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, PARAGON SQUARE
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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:
- FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORIAL AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, PARAGON SQUARE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Kingston upon Hull (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TA 09298 28808
Details
This List entry was subject to a Minor Enhancement on 30/03/2017
TA 0928 NW,
680-1/21/266
KINGSTON UPON HULL,
PARAGON SQUARE (East side),
First World War Memorial and attached railings
GV
II
War memorial, by sculptor T. Harold Hughes, 1923. Erected 1924.
Granite and Portland stone with
bronze railings. Stepped base carrying a pylon-shaped monument
with moulded plinth and plain cornice. The front face has an
attached credence, and above this an inscription and a coat of
arms in a wreath. In front of the pylon, a separate tapered
pedestal. On either side, a sloping coped wall, returned at
the ends to form square enclosures, and ending in pedestals
topped with urns. In front, low bronze railings enclosing a
garden, with posts in the form of lions' heads.
Listing NGR: TA0929828808
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:
- 387691
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Neave, D & S, Hull, Pevsner Architectural Guide, (2010), 134
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 1 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/35180
War Memorials Online, accessed 1 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/89239
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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