Church of St. Michael, War Memorial

HER Number

10976

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Church of St. Michael, War Memorial

Place

Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet

NZ34NW

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

Unveiled 7th November 1925 by the Earl of Durham. An 18 feet 6 inches high memorial on two steps. On the right is a soldier in half relief, on the left a sailor. The front top is carved into a cross with "OUR GLORIOUS DEAD" below with 236 names. The designer was Francis Doyle Jones of Chelsea. LISTED GRADE II

Easting

434150

Northing

549800

Grid Reference

NZ434150549800

Sources

Ian Ayris, Peter Jubb, Steve Palmer and Paul Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments and Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p 65; North East War Memorials Project (www.newmp.org.uk) H132.02; Darlington and Stockton Times 14th November 1925; Historic England (Designation), Consultation Report, 27th July 2016; Historic England, Advice Report, 18th august 2016