The Cenotaph is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 2003. A Interwar War memorial.
The Cenotaph
- WRENN ID
- long-grate-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 2003
- Type
- War memorial
- Period
- Interwar
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cenotaph is a war memorial located on Castle Bank in Morpeth, built between 1921 and 1922 and modified with additional plaques in 1946-47. It was designed by C Franklin Murphy and unveiled by Lord Joicey on October 1st, 1922. The memorial is constructed of moulded ashlar with bronze decoration and stands on a low paved plinth with an ashlar retaining wall.
The memorial has a square plan with low square projections at each corner. The stepped and moulded plinth features small bronze plaques that list the names of local men who died in the Second World War. The tall structure has two sunken panels on each face; the lower panels display large bronze plaques inscribed with the names of local men who died in the First World War. The upper panels on each face feature a stone cross in relief, adorned with a bronze laurel wreath. The entire memorial is topped with a bold moulded cornice that has prominent dentils.
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