Mowbray Park, Burdon Road, War Memorial
Mowbray Park, Burdon Road, War Memorial
HER Number
4718
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Mowbray Park, Burdon Road, War Memorial
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
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
Structure
Description
World War I war memorial is signed R.A.RAY ARCA ART & SCULPT. It is in granite with a bronze figure, and railings and gates of wrought-iron. The Angel of Victory holding a globe sits on a tall Tuscan column with alaurel leaf band at the base. The tall moulded plinth has laurel wreaths and upturned torches carved in low relief; and carries the inscriptions: W: A TRIBUTE TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD; 1914 – 1918 north side); 1939 – 1945 (south side). Four steps leading up to the platform are flanked by dwarf walls. 4 lamp standards a short distance from the corners of the monument are contemporary. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
439790
Northing
556680
Grid Reference
NZ439790556680
Sources
<< HER 4718 >> Buildings Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special ... Interest, 920-1/20/25; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 180-1; North East War Memorials Project www.newmp.org.uk S140.004