Leasingthorne War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 October 2016. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Leasingthorne War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-shingle-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 October 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stone memorial stands opposite Eden Terrace in an area of open ground, previously in front of Leasingthorne Social Centre. It takes the form of an obelisk, square on plan, rising from the corniced top of a pedestal. The pedestal stands on a two-stepped base. The monument is surrounded by a square enclosure of railings carried on a low kerb.
The principal dedicatory inscription on the front face of the pedestal reads ERECTED/ IN UNDYING MEMORY/ OF THE MEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918./ “UNTIL THE DAY DAWN” with on the riser of the upper step below AND THE WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945. The commemorated names are listed on the remaining faces of the pedestal.
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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