Eldon Square, City War Memorial

Eldon Square, City War Memorial

HER Number
5201
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Eldon Square, City War Memorial
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
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 One memorial. Circa 1920. By Chas Hardman ARA. Granite, Portland stone and bronze. Granite step to stone pedestal; bronze equestrian St. George and dragon. Bronze low reliefs on east and west of JUSTICE and PEACE; bronze wreath on north, and inscription MEMORY LINGERS HERE at top; dedication below eroded. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
424720
Northing
564480
Grid Reference
NZ424720564480
Sources
<< HER 5201 >> T. Coulter & R. Ogilvy, in association with City Design, 2002, Monuments, War Memorials, Drinking Fountains - Condition & Recommendatations, p 28-29
Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 20/222
I. Ayris, P. Jubb, S.Palmer & P. Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments & Scupture of Tyne and Wear, p 54; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, p 99-100; North East War Memorials Project, www.newmp.org.uk, NUT019; Illustrated Chronicle January 11th 1919, p 3; Tyne and Wear Archives 132/53 newspaper cuttings and 604/814-5 plans; Newcastle Local Studies Library, photographs; Derek Boorman, nd, At the going down of the sun; Alnwick and County Gazette 11th December 1920; Evening Chronicle 26th July 1990; Alnwick and County Gazette and Guardian 28th July 1923; Derek Boorman, 2005, A Century of Remembrance - One Hundred Outstanding British War Memorials, pages 96 and 97; Historic England (Designation), Consultation Report, 27th September 2016