West Allotment, Benton Road, war memorial

HER Number

7377

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

West Allotment, Benton Road, war memorial

Place

West Allotment

Map Sheet

NZ37SW

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. Circa 1919. Granite and marble. Two steps to square pedestal, with plinth and cornice, supporting figure of angel holding flag in left arm and laurel wreath in outstretched right arm. Wreath carved on pedestal flanked by dates 1914 and 1919; names of dead of West Allotment, Old Allotment and district in the Great War inscribed on sides. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

431260

Northing

570490

Grid Reference

NZ431260570490

Sources

Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 4/185; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 155; North East War Memorials Project (www.newmp.org.uk) W102.01