The Links, war memorial

HER Number:
7380

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
The Links, war memorial

Place:
Whitley Bay

Map Sheet:
NZ37SE

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. Circa 1919. Granite memorial with bronze decoration and plaques; granite piers. Tall tapered square column. Bronze wreath decoration beneath Scotia-moulded and banded coping. Three bronze plaques on projecting panels bear names of dead of both World Wars and commemorate building of memorial paid for by £7000 public subscription and £1000 from local authority funds. Dwarf walls and semi-circular steps on north and south. Low square piers flank steps. Twenty tapered square piers in outer circle formerly held chain. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
435400

Northing:
572800

Grid Reference:
NZ435400572800

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 5/179; North East War Memorials Project (www.newmp.org.uk) W84.01