The Green, war memorial

HER Number

7213

District

Sunderland

Site Name

The Green, war memorial

Place

Southwick

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 c1920. White granite with dark granite panels. Four steps to stepped base of rusticated square column with pedimented cornice; concave sides to flat-topped coping. Labelled panels on each side have raised centres with bronze letters and decoration: laurel wreath and 1914 * 1918 on east panel, over LEST WE FORGET applied to white granite; plain cross on west panel, 1939 * 1945 on north panel. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

438480

Northing

558500

Grid Reference

NZ438480558500

Sources

Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 920-1/8/293; North East War Memorials Project (www.newmp.org.uk) S130.01