High Street, war memorial clock tower

HER Number

7008

District

Sunderland

Site Name

High Street, war memorial clock tower

Place

Easington Lane

Map Sheet

NZ34NE

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

War memorial. 1920-21 by J. Coxon for the Lambton and Hetton Colliery Company. Coursed squared whitish sandstone with ashlar dressings, lead roof. Tall 6-stage column on plinth. Moulded coping to plinth; panels of names of the dead on first stage. Panel on second stage with inscription “THIS MEMORIAL UNVEILED BY LORD JOICEY, AUGUST 27TH 1921”. Clock in moulded surround in fifth stage. Louvred panels in sixth stage. Wooden brackets to ogee roof with urn finial. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

436340

Northing

546050

Grid Reference

NZ436340546050

Sources

Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 8/10; Sunderland Dailey Echo, August 27th, 1921; North East War Memorials Project (www.newmp.org.uk) E71.01; Sunderland Echo 27th August 1921, page 3 and 29th August 1921, page 3; Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 3rd September 1921, page 10; County Chronicle 1st September 1921