South Hylton, High Street, war memorial

HER Number

7151

District

Sunderland

Site Name

South Hylton, High Street, war memorial

Place

South Hylton

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

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. C1919. Granite monument with wrought-iron railings which form front boundary to memorial. Two steps. The upper inscribed GREAT WAR. Shaft has scroll on wreath on plinth, names on tall shaft with interrupted cornice. Top panel has low relief sword. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

435400

Northing

556800

Grid Reference

NZ435400556800

Sources

Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 920-1/4/282; North East War Memorials Project www.newmp.org.uk S128.02