WAR MEMORIAL CIRCA 5 METRES EAST OF SCHOOL AT HARRIS ORPHANAGE

WAR MEMORIAL CIRCA 5 METRES EAST OF SCHOOL AT HARRIS ORPHANAGE, GARSTANG ROAD

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1361628
Date first listed:: 15-Jan-1985
List Entry Name:: WAR MEMORIAL CIRCA 5 METRES EAST OF SCHOOL AT HARRIS ORPHANAGE
Statutory Address:: WAR MEMORIAL CIRCA 5 METRES EAST OF SCHOOL AT HARRIS ORPHANAGE, GARSTANG ROAD

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1361628
Date first listed:: 15-Jan-1985
Date of most recent amendment:: 13-Jan-1986
List Entry Name:: WAR MEMORIAL CIRCA 5 METRES EAST OF SCHOOL AT HARRIS ORPHANAGE
Statutory Address 1:: WAR MEMORIAL CIRCA 5 METRES EAST OF SCHOOL AT HARRIS ORPHANAGE, GARSTANG ROAD

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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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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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Location

Statutory Address:: WAR MEMORIAL CIRCA 5 METRES EAST OF SCHOOL AT HARRIS ORPHANAGE, GARSTANG ROAD

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County:: Lancashire
District:: Preston (District Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: SD 53148 32308

Details

SD 53 SW FULWOOD GARSTANG ROAD

7/28 War Memorial c.5 metres east of School at Harris Orphanage (formerly listed with "The Harris Childrens Home") 15.1.1985 GV II

War Memorial, c.1920. Polished granite pedestal c.2 metres high supporting white stone statue of a very youthful soldier with his hands resting on the butt of a rifle held muzzle down on his left boot. Pedestal is lettered on the face IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF / THE OLD BOYS/ OF THE / HARRIS ORPHANAGE / WHO FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918. / THEY DIED THE DEATH OF / HONOUR FOR / GOD, KING, AND COUNTRY / ERECTED BY THEIR ORPHAN / COMPANIONS and on the left and right sides with lists of 8 and 9 names respectively.

Listing NGR: SD5314832308

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, 2 February 2017.

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War Memorials Online, accessed 2 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/178558
War Memorials Register, accessed 2 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/10617

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.