Church Road, War Memorial Gates

HER Number

9964

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Church Road, War Memorial Gates

Place

Gosforth

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

Class

Commemorative

Site Type: Broad

Commemorative Monument

Site Type: Specific

War Memorial

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

20th Century 1901 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

These gates were erected as the Gosforth War Memorial. They are wooden with iron fittings. Plaques on the gateposts read ‘MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRE’ (left hand gate from Church Road) and ‘ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION AS THE GOSFORTH WAR MEMORIAL’(right hand gate from Church Road). LOCAL LIST

Easting

424470

Northing

568120

Grid Reference

NZ424470568120

Sources

Newcastle City Council, 2006, Local List of Buildings, Structures, Parks, Gardens and Open Spaces of Special Local Architectural or Historic Interest Supplementary Planning Document; North East War Memorials Project (www.newmp.org.uk) G9.20; booklet by Gosforth Urban District Council, 1953; Derek Boorman n.d. "At the Going Down of the Sun"; Morpeth Herald 26th October 1923, 23rd January 1925 and 28th January 1925