Preston Colliery War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 2012. War memorial.
Preston Colliery War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- stony-wattle-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Tyneside
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 2012
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
MATERIALS: silver-grey granite, bronze detail and lettering.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial is in the form of a tall, slender, gently tapering, octagonal obelisk resting on an octagonal pedestal, which in turn rests on a three-stepped octagonal base. Towards the top of the obelisk the diagonal faces contain projecting blocks to create an armless cross. Eight carved bosses decorate the top of the pedestal and there is a bronze sword of sacrifice fixed to the face of the obelisk.
The first panel of the pedestal bears the inscription in lead lettering: TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD / 1914-18 / PRESTON COLLIERY
And beneath on the top step of the base: ERECTED BY/J A RITSON & SON
The names of the 65 Fallen are recorded on panels two to six of the pedestal.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 8 February 2017.
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