War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- slow-chancel-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1985
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Front Street, Shotton
- OS grid reference
- NZ 394 410
- Coordinates
- 54.76326, -1.38772
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial in Shotton, erected in 1920, commemorates the local men who served in the First World War. This white marble monument features a life-sized statue of an infantryman standing on a pedestal with slightly battered sides. Each side of the pedestal has a raised plaque. The front plaque, positioned above a carved wreath, reads: "ERECTED 1920 BY THE PARISHIONERS AND FEDERATED WORKMEN OF SHOTTON COLLIERY TO THE MEMORY OF THE 152 MEN WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919." The other plaques list the names of those who died in both the First and Second World Wars.
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- No EPC on record for this property
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