Southwick, The Green, war memorial

HER Number:
7213

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Southwick, The Green, war memorial

Place:
Southwick

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Commemorative

Site Type: Broad:
Commemorative Monument

Site Type: Specific:
War Memorial

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
War memorial c1920. White granite with dark granite panels. Four steps to stepped base of rusticated square column with pedimented cornice; concave sides to flat-topped coping. Labelled panels on each side have raised centres with bronze letters and decoration: laurel wreath and 1914 * 1918 on east panel, over LEST WE FORGET applied to white granite; plain cross on west panel, 1939 * 1945 on north panel. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
3848

Northing:
5850

Grid Reference:
NZ38485850

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 920-1/8/293; North East War Memorials Project (www.newmp.org.uk) S130.01