Houghton-le-Spring, Church of St. Michael, War Memorial

HER Number:
10976

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Houghton-le-Spring, Church of St. Michael, War Memorial

Place:
Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet:
NZ34NW

Class:
Commemorative

Site Type: Broad:
Commemorative Monument

Site Type: Specific:
Cenotaph

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Unveiled 7th November 1925 by the Earl of Durham. An 18 feet 6 inches high memorial on two steps. On the right is a soldier in half relief, on the left a sailor. The front top is carved into a cross with "OUR GLORIOUS DEAD" below with 236 names. The designer was Francis Doyle Jones of Chelsea. LISTED GRADE II

Easting:
3415

Northing:
4980

Grid Reference:
NZ34154980

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ian Ayris, Peter Jubb, Steve Palmer and Paul Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments and Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p 65; North East War Memorials Project (www.newmp.org.uk) H132.02; Darlington and Stockton Times 14th November 1925; Historic England (Designation), Consultation Report, 27th July 2016; Historic England, Advice Report, 18th august 2016