Low Fell, Durham Road, South African War Memorial
Low Fell, Durham Road, South African War Memorial
HER Number
8260
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Low Fell, Durham Road, South African War Memorial
Place
Low Fell
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
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
Dated 1903. Tall, rusticated stone plinth on square base. Stone figure in field
uniform. On bottom cill two signatures, one illegible, the other: MORRISON. LISTED GRADE 2
uniform. On bottom cill two signatures, one illegible, the other: MORRISON. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
425730
Northing
560280
Grid Reference
NZ425730560280
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 10/76; Ian Ayris, Peter Jubb, Steve Palmer and Paul Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments and Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p 48; Gateshead Council Local List; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, p 62; North East War Memorials Project (www.newmp.org.uk) L61.01; Gateshead Post 27 January 1967