Gateshead, Durham Road, cenotaph
Gateshead, Durham Road, cenotaph
HER Number
8301
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Gateshead, Durham Road, cenotaph
Place
Gateshead
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Commemorative
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Monument
Site Type: Specific
Cenotaph
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
1921 by J W Spink of Kingston-on-Thames. Stone cenotaph comprising square rusticated
ground floor chamber forming plinth to main section which contains an heroic size
bronze relief of a classical warrior framed in an Ionic order. Above the cornice
and central pediment is a raised blocking course in two stages, the front plainer
and higher, the back part with coved step and fasces moulding. Motto below relief:
ORS JANUA VITAE. Signatures: R H Goulden Sc. A B Burton Found. LISTED GRADE 2
ground floor chamber forming plinth to main section which contains an heroic size
bronze relief of a classical warrior framed in an Ionic order. Above the cornice
and central pediment is a raised blocking course in two stages, the front plainer
and higher, the back part with coved step and fasces moulding. Motto below relief:
ORS JANUA VITAE. Signatures: R H Goulden Sc. A B Burton Found. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
425760
Northing
561770
Grid Reference
NZ425760561770
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 9/71; Gateshead Council Local List; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, p 65; North East War Memorials Project (www.newmp.org.uk) G39.01