First World War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Worcester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1999. War memorial.
First World War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- final-rubble-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Worcester
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 1999
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
WORCESTER
SO8554NW COLLEGE STREET 620-1/17/187 (West side) 19/08/99 First World War Memorial (Formerly Listed as: COLLEGE STREET (West side) First War Memorial)
GV II
War memorial. c1919. Limestone ashlar. Gothic Revival style. Octagonal base has 7 steps to octagonal plinth with cusped tracery to panels embellished with shields with regimental coats of arms; above a band with fleurons; battlements; surmounted by shaped base to octagonal shaft with surmounting cross with foliate decoration. Inscribed to steps: 'The county/ to her sons who gave their lives in the Great War/ 1914 1918/ and to her sons and daughters/ who fell in the Great War of/ 1939 1945'. A significant streetscape feature, forming part of the setting of Cathedral Church of Christ and St Mary (qv).
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, 14 March 2017.
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