Prince Christian Victor Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 May 1975. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Prince Christian Victor Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-doorway-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Plymouth
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 May 1975
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
PLYMOUTH
SX4754 THE PROMENADE, Hoe 740-1/57/307 Prince Christian Victor Memorial 01/05/75 (Formerly Listed as: THE HOE, Plymouth Prince Christian Victor Memorial)
GV II
War memorial. 1902 erected in memory of Christian Victor, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein, who died in the Boer War. Polished pink granite partly fluted obelisk on a plinth with bronze plaques, set on a stepped granite base. Square plan. To each side of the plinth is a segmental-arched panel, 2 of the panels depict Boer War engagements, the front panel depicts the war hero being carried aloft by an angel; the other panel is of a heavenly scene with angels. There is a low perimeter fence with granite bollards linked by chains. One of a fine group of memorials on the Hoe. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-: 665).
Listing NGR: SX4793454005
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, 8 December 2016.
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