War Memorial Institute

War Memorial Institute

HER Number
11202
District
Newcastle
Site Name
War Memorial Institute
Place
Dinnington
Map Sheet
NZ27SW
Class
Commemorative
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Monument
Site Type: Specific
War Memorial
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Red brick single storey building with a billiard room, games room and reading room. There is a stone tablet on the gable end 3ft x 2ft bearing the names of the dead from World War One: "1923 DINNINGTON VILLAGE WAR MEMORIAL INSTITUTE ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918". There is another plaque on the main elevation with the details of the laying of the foundation stone on 29th September 1923 by Thomas Simpson of Hepscott Hall. The institute was opened on 24 November 1923 by Col. Sir Joseph Reed. Paid for by public subscription and a donation from the Miners Welfar Fund.
Easting
420800
Northing
573500
Grid Reference
NZ420800573500
Sources
North East War Memorials Project Ref. D10.03 (www.newmp.org.uk); Morpeth Herald 5 October 1923