War Memorial

WAR MEMORIAL, THE GREEN

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1279275
Date first listed:
05-Jun-1987
Statutory Address:
WAR MEMORIAL, THE GREEN
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1279275
Date first listed:
05-Jun-1987
Statutory Address 1:
WAR MEMORIAL, THE GREEN

Location

Statutory Address:
WAR MEMORIAL, THE GREEN

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
County Durham (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
NZ 16079 37266

Details

CROOK AND WILLINGTON THE GREEN (West end)
NZ 13 NE
Billy Row
24/26 War Memorial

II

War memorial. Circa 1918. Portland stone. Life-size figure of soldier, hands
resting on rifle, on c. 4m. high pedestal which has unfluted Corinthian columns
at corners supporting entablature with wide cornice. Low square step to plinth;
pedestal has names of dead 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 on all sides, one side
devoted to Billy Row, one to Grahamley,one to Roddymoor and one to White Lea
districts. Fluted frieze and laurel wreath above each panel.


Listing NGR: NZ1607937266


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, 7 February 2017.

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Legacy System number:
403774
Legacy System:
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Sources

Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 7 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/10428
War Memorials Online, accessed 7 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/240125

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