Front Street, South African War Memorial

HER Number

7332

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Front Street, South African War Memorial

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

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 1902. Red sandstone ashlar; bronze plaques. Three square steps to square plinth. Octagonal curved plinth above with upper section missing. Panels on west and south commemmorate men of Tynemouth who died in South Africa 1899-1903. Erected by public subscription. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

436740

Northing

569420

Grid Reference

NZ436740569420

Sources

Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 9/68; North East War Memorials (www.newmp.org.uk) T36.02