Boer War Memorial and Flanking Cannon
BOER WAR MEMORIAL AND FLANKING CANNON, HIGHBURY FIELDS
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1298031
- Date first listed:
- 30-Sept-1994
- Statutory Address:
- BOER WAR MEMORIAL AND FLANKING CANNON, HIGHBURY FIELDS
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- Date:
- 2001-06-24
- Reference:
- IOE01/04576/21
- Rights:
- © Peter Fuller. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1298031
- Date first listed:
- 30-Sept-1994
- Statutory Address 1:
- BOER WAR MEMORIAL AND FLANKING CANNON, HIGHBURY FIELDS
Location
- Statutory Address:
- BOER WAR MEMORIAL AND FLANKING CANNON, HIGHBURY FIELDS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Islington (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 31624 84799
Details
ISLINGTON
TQ3184NE HIGHBURY FIELDS
635-1/46/455 (South side)
Boer War memorial and flanking
cannon
GV II
War memorial. At the corner of Highbury Fields between
Highbury Crescent and Highbury Place. 1905. By Bertram
Mackennal. Plinth of granite, pedestal of Portland stone with
bronze plaques, the cornice to the south loaded with emblems
of war in bronze, the bronze statue above a female figure
holding up a wreath. The memorial is flanked by two cast-iron
cannon which may not form part of the original memorial.
(A.Stuart Gray: Edwardian architecture. A biographical
dictionary: London: 1985-).
Listing NGR: TQ3162384798
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, 16 February 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 368965
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Gray, A S, Edwardian Architecture A Biographical Dictionary, (1985)
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 16 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/12055
War Memorials Online, accessed 16 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/131230
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