Boer War Memorial, Approximately 75 Metres South of Overleigh House (Not Included)
BOER WAR MEMORIAL, APPROXIMATELY 75 METRES SOUTH OF OVERLEIGH HOUSE(NOT INCLUDED), AVENHAM PARK
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1207232
- Date first listed:
- 20-Dec-1991
- List Entry Name:
- Boer War Memorial, Approximately 75 Metres South of Overleigh House (Not Included)
- Statutory Address:
- BOER WAR MEMORIAL, APPROXIMATELY 75 METRES SOUTH OF OVERLEIGH HOUSE(NOT INCLUDED), AVENHAM PARK
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1207232
- Date first listed:
- 20-Dec-1991
- List Entry Name:
- Boer War Memorial, Approximately 75 Metres South of Overleigh House (Not Included)
- Statutory Address 1:
- BOER WAR MEMORIAL, APPROXIMATELY 75 METRES SOUTH OF OVERLEIGH HOUSE(NOT INCLUDED), AVENHAM PARK
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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- BOER WAR MEMORIAL, APPROXIMATELY 75 METRES SOUTH OF OVERLEIGH HOUSE(NOT INCLUDED), AVENHAM PARK
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- Preston (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 53763 28806
Details
PRESTON
SD5328NE AVENHAM PARK
941-1/13/7 (North West side)
Boer War Memorial, approx.75 metres
south of Overleigh House (not
included)
GV II
War memorial. 1904, by T.Hodgkinson, sculptor, of Preston.
Grey granite, and polished red and pink granite, with bronze
plaques. Obelisk form, 25 feet high, consisting of 2 square
steps of unpolished grey granite, a short square pedestal of
polished red granite with moulded base and cornice which has
panelled sides containing lettered bronze plaques, and an
obelisk of polished pink Scotch granite (from Peterhead
quarries). The bronze plaques have raised lettering and
decoration, that on the south side reading: "IN MEMORY OF /
THE OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN / LOYAL NORTH
LANCASHIRE REGIMENT / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF
THEIR COUNTRY / DURING THE / SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1899-1902 /
ERECTED BY THEIR COMRADES"; the plaques in the other 3 sides
list the names by Battalion. Originally situated in the Market
Place and probably removed to this site in 1926, when the
Cenotaph was erected.
Listing NGR: SD5376328806
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 2 February 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 391878
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 2 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/3345
War Memorials Online, accessed 2 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/165853
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 25 Lancashire,
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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