Greengates War Memorial in Garden of Remembrance
GREENGATES WAR MEMORIAL IN GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE, HARROGATE ROAD (JUNCTION OF A657/A658)
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1390927
- Date first listed:
- 18-Mar-2004
- List Entry Name:
- Greengates War Memorial in Garden of Remembrance
- Statutory Address:
- GREENGATES WAR MEMORIAL IN GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE, HARROGATE ROAD (JUNCTION OF A657/A658)
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1390927
- Date first listed:
- 18-Mar-2004
- List Entry Name:
- Greengates War Memorial in Garden of Remembrance
- Statutory Address 1:
- GREENGATES WAR MEMORIAL IN GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE, HARROGATE ROAD (JUNCTION OF A657/A658)
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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:
- GREENGATES WAR MEMORIAL IN GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE, HARROGATE ROAD (JUNCTION OF A657/A658)
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Bradford (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 19042 37307
Details
1/0/10136 HARROGATE ROAD (JUNCTION OF A657/A658)
18-MAR-04 Greengates
Greengates War Memorial, in Garden of
Remembrance
II
First World War Memorial, erected in 1921, designed and executed by E Wright of Greengates and L F Roslyn of South Kensington, London. It consists of a square column in white Portland stone with a carved top on a stepped sandstone base, surmounted by a winged figure in bronze. The leading face bears an incised inscription "IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF GREENGATES AND DISTRICT WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919", with a bronze laurel wreath above. On the three other sides are bronze-coloured plaques with 80 names. On the base is another incised inscription "ALSO IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF GREENGATES AND DISTRICT WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR 1939-1945", flanked by two metal plaques with 28 names. A further name is added to the right. Near the top of the column is inscribed (one word on each side) Honour, Freedom, Peace, Justice, and above these are two incised Latin crosses on the leading and rear faces. Near the base of the column is a frieze of stylised leaves. On top of the column is a stone ball surrounded by a laurel wreath. Standing on the ball is a bronze statue of a female winged figure holding a laurel wreath, possibly representing 'peace gained through sacrifice' (contemporary reports), or Athene.
The memorial is set in a flower bed with various associated commemorative items around it, including two triangular stones with metal plaques commemorating royal visits in 1923 and 1928. The whole is in a small memorial garden on one corner of the crossroads.
The sculptor Roslyn is credited with a similar bronze sculpture at Calverley and another at Wetherby as well as others further afield. The two nearby sculptures are more clearly of Athene Nike.
This is a fine example of a large war memorial surmounted by a fine bronze sculpture of a winged Victory.
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, 31 January 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 491096
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 31 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/28482
War Memorials Online, accessed 31 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/95748
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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