Belford War Memorial

Belford War Memorial, West Street

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1391869
Date first listed:
12-Feb-2007
List Entry Name:
Belford War Memorial
Statutory Address:
Belford War Memorial, West Street
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1391869
Date first listed:
12-Feb-2007
List Entry Name:
Belford War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:
Belford War Memorial, West Street

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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.

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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.

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Location

Statutory Address:
Belford War Memorial, West Street

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

District:
Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Belford
National Grid Reference:
NU 10625 33817

Details

1404/0/10012

BELFORD
WEST STREET
Belford War Memorial

12-FEB-07
II
First World War Memorial with Second World War additions. Erected in 1922. Constructed of freestone with bronze plaques.

A tiered stone of remembrance formed of a stepped wall, flanked by matching piers with a projecting plinth supported on corbels at base. The front face of the main wall carries four rectangular plaques bearing, in three columns, the 54 names of the fallen of the First World War and the front face of the upper tier records the names of the 21 who fell in the Second World War. Curving walls connect the stone of remembrance with matching piers to the front with wrought iron railings attached.

Inscription on front reads 1914-18 (NAMES) /THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE and 1939 (NAMES) 1945

SOURCES: UK National Inventory of War Memorials ref: 33332

HISTORY: This war memorial was designed by Mr G H Lawson and the masons were Messrs Tully and Sons. It was unveiled and dedicated in March 1922.

War memorials have a very strong historical and cultural significance on both a local and national scale. Erected in 1922, this stone of remembrance is a rather more unusual example, which is competently executed. It is a good example of a memorial, which commemorates the fallen of the First and Second World Wars. It has clear special historic interest and therefore fully meets the criteria for listing in a national context.


This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online and North East War Memorials Project . This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 6 September 2018.

Legacy

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

Legacy System number:
502572
Legacy System:
LBS

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 9 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/33332
War Memorials Online, accessed 9 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/91013
North East War Memorials Project, accessed 6 September 2018 from http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6502

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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