West Allotment, Benton Road, war memorial

HER Number:
7377

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
West Allotment, Benton Road, war memorial

Place:
West Allotment

Map Sheet:
NZ37SW

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. Circa 1919. Granite and marble. Two steps to square pedestal, with plinth and cornice, supporting figure of angel holding flag in left arm and laurel wreath in outstretched right arm. Wreath carved on pedestal flanked by dates 1914 and 1919; names of dead of West Allotment, Old Allotment and district in the Great War inscribed on sides. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
3126

Northing:
7049

Grid Reference:
NZ31267049

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 4/185; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 155; North East War Memorials Project (www.newmp.org.uk) W102.01