Cenotaph, With Memorial Gates, Gatepiers And Screen Walls

The cenotaph, with memorial gates, gatepiers, and screen walls, is located at the entrance to Albert Park in Middlesbrough. It was designed in 1922 by Brierley and Rutherford from York, along with the masons Messrs Coxhead from Middlesbrough. The cenotaph is made of polished grey Aberdeen granite ashlar, while the gates are iron, and the gatepiers and walls are constructed from Portland stone ashlar. The cenotaph is approximately 17 meters west of a wide gateway that features flanking pedestrian gateways, screen walls, and short projecting end returns with terminal piers.

The cenotaph has a rectangular-plan pedestal and a truncated shaft that supports a deep stepped and moulded base resembling a chest tomb. This base features a gadrooned band and panelled tablets on its sides and ends. The north and south faces of the shaft are inscribed with the words "THE GLORIOUS DEAD 1914-1919, 1939-1945". The ends of the shaft and pedestal are adorned with pilaster strips, bronze husk drops at the heads, and bronze wreaths on top. The pedestal stands on two broad steps that are shaped at the ends and have glinters at the angles.

The central gates are two-leaf, with one-leaf pedestrian gates on either side. The original side panels are decorated with elaborate scrolls, strapwork, and similar crestings. The gatepiers are fielded-panelled, featuring moulded plinths, deep cornices, and ornamented urn finials. The screen walls are designed with banded rusticated pilaster strips between groups of tablets, and they have a stepped plinth, cornice, and similar piers at the ends. The tablets, which are set in moulded surrounds, display raised lettering that records the names of the fallen in both World Wars, with 12 tablets on each wall. The end piers are topped with faceted ball finials, while the east faces of the walls have plain raised panels. The gates were renewed in 1981.