Gosforth War Memorial Pillar

The memorial stands in the middle of Gosforth Central Park. Approximately 4m tall and built of red Carlisle sandstone, it takes the form of a broad octagonal pillar with a moulded capstone. The pillar stands on a large plinth, square on plan. The plinth is raised on a stepped base. The whole is enclosed by metal railings.

The principal dedicatory inscription, recorded on a bronze plaque fixed to the front face of the plinth, reads THIS COLUMN AND ADJACENT BUILDING/ WERE ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/ TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF GOSFORTH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ THEIR NAMES ARE INSCRIBED ON A TABLET/ IN THE VESTIBULE OF THE BUILDING.

The later bronze plaque fixed to the rear of the plinth reads THE HALL TO THE WEST OF THIS STONE/ ERECTED WITH PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/ WAS DEDICATED ON REMEMBRANCE DAY/ THE 6TH NOVEMBER 1949/ AS A MEMORIAL/ TO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ WHILST SERVING IN H.M. FORCES/ AND THE MERCHANT NAVY/ IN THE 1939-1945 WAR.

*Pursuant to s.1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 ('the Act') it is declared that these aforementioned features are not of special architectural or historic interest.

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, 8 February 2017.