War Memorial In Public Park is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1976. War memorial.
War Memorial In Public Park
- WRENN ID
- roaming-casement-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 May 1976
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
BARROW IN FURNESS
SD26NW PARK AVENUE 708-1/6/104 (East side (off)) 06/05/76 War Memorial in Public Park
II
War Memorial. 1919. By Major C Oakley. For Barrow Haematite Steel Co. Sculptors Fairburn and Hull; all of Barrow. Portland limestone with iron railings and bronze plaques. Circular platform with railings between 4 flights of steps having piers and balustrades with bronze insets and guilloche ornament. Central obelisk has plinth with convex corners and bronze plaques; tapered square shaft with ornament of acanthus, fluting etc and a bronze wreath on each side. The plaques bear the dedication to, and names of, those lost in the Great War; those at each corner with reliefs of infantryman, sailor, Liberty and an angel. Attached to the railings are 2 plaques with names of those lost in World War II. An imposing local landmark.
Listing NGR: SD2030969791
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, 2 February 2017.
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