Dudley War Memorial

War Memorial, Market Street, Dudley, North Tyneside

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Overview

First World War memorial in the form of a marble female figure, with Second World War additions. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1406693
Date first listed:: 12-Jul-2012
List Entry Name:: Dudley War Memorial
Statutory Address:: War Memorial, Market Street, Dudley, North Tyneside

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1406693
Date first listed:: 12-Jul-2012
List Entry Name:: Dudley War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: War Memorial, Market Street, Dudley, North Tyneside

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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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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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: War Memorial, Market Street, Dudley, North Tyneside

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

District:: North Tyneside (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: NZ2610573643

Summary

First World War memorial in the form of a marble female figure, with Second World War additions.

Reasons for Designation

Dudley war memorial is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

* It is a poignant reminder of the impact of tragic world events upon an individual community * It has strong cultural and historical significance within both a local and national context * it is a well executed memorial incorporating a tall marble figure likely to be a personification of Hope.

History

Following the First World War, funds to erect this memorial and a cottage hospital were partially raised by a self-imposed levy upon the pay of local miners. The hospital and memorial were unveiled at a ceremony on 15th September 1923, performed by J Morrison, MD of Cramlington Coal Company and Dr J Wishart; the service was conducted by Rev. J Burdon. The war memorial was moved to its present position, and turned through 90 degrees in c. 1986 when the cottage hospital was replaced by the present surgery.

Details

First World War memorial with Second World War additions.

Two-stepped sandstone base with a plinth surmounted by a marble female figure c. 3m high in a long dress and cloak. Her left arm is leaning on an anchor, and she is likely to be a personification of Hope. The dedication and some of the names of the Fallen are listed, in black lettering, in a single column on the front of the pedestal with more names on the sides.

The inscription reads: DUDLEY WAR MEMORIAL / THIS MONUMENT AND HOSPITAL / ARE ERECTED IN HONOURED MEMORY / OF OUR MEN WHO FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914 -1918/(58 NAMES) AND 1939-1945 (20 NAMES).

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 8 February 2017.

Sources

Websites
North East War Memorials Project, accessed from http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=8160
War Memorials Online, accessed 8 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/203694
War Memorials Register, accessed 8 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/17773

Legal

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