Frank Street, Swan Hunter Memorial Hall, war memorial

War memorial. Dated 1925. Statues and low reliefs signed R. Hedley of Newcastle. Bronze statues and relief panels on ashlar. Statues of marine and soldier on column pedestals. Round-arched panel with plaques showing names of members of staff and workmen of Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd who died in the Great War 1914-1918. Central low relief of man in shed operating plate-punching machine. High relief of naval ship off mouth of Tyne. Iron gate of geometric pattern and spear-headed railings enclose the area in front. LISTED GRADE 2