1St And 2Nd World War Memorial At Junction With Granby Street is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 March 1985. War memorial.
1St And 2Nd World War Memorial At Junction With Granby Street
- WRENN ID
- cold-solder-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bradford
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 March 1985
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SE13SW QUEENSBURY WEST END (north side), Queensbury
5/44 1st and 2nd World War Memorial at junction with Granby Street
II
1st World War Memorial unveiled 2nd September 1922, incorporating two 2nd World War tablets unveiled 14th May 1950. Designed by Allan Hainsworth of Queensbury and executed by W. Priestley andSons. Sandstone ashlar. A tall octagonal Gothic structure, in Early English style, on a wide 3-step octagonal podium. Moulded base, arched traceried sides with foliated spandrels, framed by clustered colonnettes with foliated capitals. Slender spire with panelled cap and cross finial. Behind is a stepped hammer-dressed stone wall with 6 memorial tablets to those who fell, 4 to the 1st World War and 2 to the 2nd.
The area is enclosed by iron gates and railings on an ashlar plinth.
F. Barrett, A History of Queensbury, 1963.
Listing NGR: SE1011830180
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, 31 January 2017.
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