Buckhaven And Methil War Memorial, Wellesley Road, Methil is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 March 1999. War memorial.
Buckhaven And Methil War Memorial, Wellesley Road, Methil
- WRENN ID
- pale-cobalt-poplar
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 17 March 1999
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
G C Campbell, circa 1920; with T Good, sculptor Edinburgh; Ruvie & Son, builder Leven. World War I war memorial of plinth and soldier statue with World War II role-of-honour added. Polished ashlar with voussoirs. 2 polygonal steps of Arbroath stone with setback railings enclose buttressed plinth with bronze plaques over small projecting pedestals (see Notes) in segmental-headed niches. Deeply moulded cornice giving way to stepped 2nd stage surmounted by pedestrian figure of uniformed Royal Highlander.
N ELEVATION: moulded plaque inscribed 'GREAT WAR/1914-1918/IN HONOURED MEMORY OF OUR HEROIC DEAD' surmounted by carved Burgh Emblem, 'THE BURGH OF BUCKHAVEN, METHIL AND INNERLEVEN/CARBON CARABESQUE'. Flanking reveals with plaques bearing names of WWII dead.
S ELEVATION: roll-of-honour WWI and WWII.
E ELEVATION: as above WWI.
W ELEVATION: as above WWI.
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