Newburn Road, War Memorial

HER Number

5199

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Newburn Road, War Memorial

Place

Newburn

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

Class

Commemorative

Site Type: Broad

Commemorative Monument

Site Type: Specific

War Memorial

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

First World War 1914 to 1918

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

War memorial circa 1916. Rock-faced painted stone plinth on sandstone steps; bronze plaques; painted stone statue. Soldier trailing rifle, mortar and reel of cable behind left leg; wreaths on 2 plaques, bearing names of dead of Newburn and District in World War One. Plaque on steps THEIR NAMES SHALL LIVE FOREVER. Rectangular stone pillar in Portland Stone, surmounted by a figure of a soldier in WW1 battle dress. There are bronze commemorative plaques set into recesses on 3 sides of the pillar. A fourth plaque was either removed or never fixed (there are fixings in place). LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

416570

Northing

565380

Grid Reference

NZ416570565380

Sources

<< HER 5199 >> Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, Jul-38
T. Coulter & R. Ogilvy, in association with City Design, 2002, Monuments, War Memorials, Drinking Fountains - Condition & Recommendatations, p 22-23; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, p 87; North East War Memorials Project (www.newmp.org.uk) N13.01; Derek Boorman "At the Going Down of the Sun"; Spence and Dower, Oct 2008, Monuments, War Memorials and Drinking Fountains in the care of Newcastle City Council - a report on condition with recommendations for repair and maintenance