Crimean War Memorial Approximately 14 Metres North Of The Queens Hotel

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SO9422SE PROMENADE 630-1/13/762 (South East side) 14/12/83 Crimean War Memorial approximately 14 metres north of the Queen's Hotel (Formerly Listed as: PROMENADE (South East side) Crimea Monument about 15 yds North of Queens Hotel)

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War memorial. 1850s. Large rectangular iron plinth with panels for names. The east panel 'Taken at Sebastopol 1856' referring to cannon which formerly stood on this plinth. Corner finials connected by spiked bars, long overthrow with 'VR' monogram and laurel leaves twined around arch and surmounting lamp. A very rare and notable monument to the Crimean War. HISTORICAL NOTE: the cannon, taken at Sebastopol, was handed to the government during the Second World War to provide metal for armaments. The Promenade was laid out as a tree-lined drive from the Colonnade on the High Street to the Sherborne Spa (on the site of the Queen's Hotel (qv)).

Listing NGR: SO9459322011

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, 5 October 2017.