SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MEMORIAL

SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MEMORIAL, COLLEGE STREET

Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places

Overview

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1389731
Date first listed:: 19-Aug-1999
List Entry Name:: SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MEMORIAL
Statutory Address:: SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MEMORIAL, COLLEGE STREET

User submitted image — Uploaded by Elizabeth Blood This photo may not represent the current condition of the site
View all

Location

Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.

There is a problem

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.

What is the National Heritage List for England?

The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.

The list includes:

🏠 Buildings
🏰 Scheduled monuments
🌳 Parks and gardens
⚔️ Battlefields
⚓ Shipwrecks

Find out more about listing

Historic England Archive

Search over 1 million photographs and drawings from the 1850s to the present day using our images archive.

Find Photos

Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1389731
Date first listed:: 19-Aug-1999
List Entry Name:: SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MEMORIAL
Statutory Address 1:: SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MEMORIAL, COLLEGE STREET

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MEMORIAL, COLLEGE STREET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Worcestershire
District:: Worcester (District Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: SO 85025 54577

Details

WORCESTER

SO8554NW COLLEGE STREET 620-1/17/188 South African War 19/08/99 Memorial

GV II*

War memorial. Unveiled September 1908 by General Sir Neville Lyttleton, the sculptor being . Robert Colton ARA. Ashlar plinth surmounted by bronze figures. Plinth has 3 steps to base, oblong on plan with chamfered angles inscribed: 'Their bodies are buried in peace;/ but their names liveth for evermore. Ecclus XLIV 14' and with moulded band then central block with inscription: 'IN GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF/ WORCESTER-/ SHIRE WHO IN/SOUTH AFRICA/ GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY./ AD1899-1902'; crowning cornice. Surmounted by figure of soldier with rifle, in 'ready' position, with winged figure of Victory behind holding laurel wreath. An exceptionally fine sculpture, which also constitutes a significant streetscape feature, forming part of the setting for Worcester Cathedral (qv).

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, 18 January 2017.

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 488682
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 18 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/92078
War Memorials Register, accessed 18 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/32254

Legal

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