War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1994. War memorial. 1 related planning application.

War Memorial

WRENN ID: pitched-pilaster-grove
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Manchester
Country: England
Date first listed: 6 June 1994
Type: War memorial
Source: Historic England listing

Description

MANCHESTER

SJ8597 ARDWICK GREEN PARK, Ardwick 698-1/20/477 (South side) War Memorial

GV II

War memorial. Early 1920s. Portland stone. Square section. Base of 3 steps, plinth with sphinx lettered "EGYPT", tall square pedestal with inscriptions and festoons, clasped by Ionic columns at the corners with entablature including lettered frieze and dentilled cornice with scrolled blocking course. North side of pedestal inscribed "GLORIOUS MEMORY OF MEMBERS OF THE 8TH (ARDWICK) BATTALION MANCHESTER REGIMENT (etc) 1914-1918"; west side with similar lettering commemorating 1939-1945. Raised lettering on the frieze ("FLANDERS " on north side. "EGYPT" on west side, etc).

Listing NGR: SJ8507597267

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, 30 January 2017.

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