Cenotaph
CENOTAPH, COLSTON AVENUE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1372299
- Date first listed:
- 04-Mar-1977
- List Entry Name:
- Cenotaph
- Statutory Address:
- CENOTAPH, COLSTON AVENUE
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- Date:
- 1999-09-05
- Reference:
- IOE01/01542/31
- Rights:
- © Mr Peter Frederick Rushby. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1372299
- Date first listed:
- 04-Mar-1977
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 30-Dec-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Cenotaph
- Statutory Address 1:
- CENOTAPH, COLSTON AVENUE
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.
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:
- CENOTAPH, COLSTON AVENUE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Bristol (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 58656 73058
Details
BRISTOL
ST5873SE COLSTON AVENUE, Centre
901-1/11/551 (North East side)
04/03/77 Cenotaph
(Formerly Listed as:
COLSTON AVENUE
Cenotaph, with flowerpots and lamp
standards)
GV II
War memorial. 1932. Shelly limestone ashlar. A rectangular
slab has a plinth and moulded top, a bundle of spears with
consoles at each end, and a sarcophagus on top; a band of
regimental medallions, with central plaques to each face and
City Arms to each side, a large wreath above with a central
sword. To each corner are plain square blocks.
Listing NGR: ST5865673058
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, 15 December 2016.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 379329
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 15/12/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/7324
War Memorials Online, accessed 15/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/115978
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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