Hawkey's Lane, war memorial
Hawkey's Lane, war memorial
HER Number
7284
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Hawkey's Lane, war memorial
Place
North Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
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 benches, walls, piers, terrace and steps. Circa 1920. Memorial, walls and piers are of Portland stone. Bronze panels in low relief. Sandstone square paving and granite steps. Wide cenotaph has projecting centre with low-relief panels depicting angel and uniformed men. Bronze-wreathed band. Low pyramidal coping. Classical-style benches set against canted walls ending in low square piers with projecting panels on street. Granite steps to flagged terrace enclosed by walls. Panels on canted walls inscribed TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR THEIR NAMES ARE RECORDED IN THE BOOK OF HONOUR TREASURED IN THE PUBLIC LIBRARY at left; at right THIS MONUMENT AND THE INFIRMARY EXTENSION WERE ERECTED AS THE TOWN'S WAR MEMORIAL IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. Group sculpture by John Reid. Additional sculpture in panel over door by Alex Proudfoot. Architects Cackett, Dick and McKellar. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
434810
Northing
568560
Grid Reference
NZ434810568560
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 7/80; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 159; Northumberland War Memorials Survey, WMSN 34.1; North East War Memorials Project www.newmp.org.uk N34.01