War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1976. A Modern War memorial. 2 related planning applications.

War Memorial

WRENN ID: high-moat-hawthorn
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Leeds
Country: England
Date first listed: 5 August 1976
Type: War memorial
Period: Modern
Source: Historic England listing

Description

LEEDS

SE2933NE THE HEADROW 714-1/75/396 (North side) 05/08/76 War Memorial

GV II

War memorial. 1922, restored 1992. Henry C Fahr sculptor, JE Proctor, designer. First and Second World Wars memorial. Marble octagonal steps, plinth and squat obelisk with carvings of owls, wreaths and flags, bronze figures of Peace on north side and War, (St George and the Dragon) on south. Bronze angel replaced 1992 by Ian Judd and Andy Elton. Moved to this site from City Square in 1937, to stand at the east end of JE Proctor's Garden of Rest. It was originally surmounted by a bronze figure of Victory, removed 1967. (Heap, A: The Headrow, a pictorial record: Leeds: 1990-: 17).

Listing NGR: SE2989033814

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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