South African War Memorial, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 May 1986. Memorial.
South African War Memorial, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
- WRENN ID
- eternal-sentry-vermeil
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Glasgow City
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1986
- Type
- Memorial
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The South African War Memorial in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow, was sculpted by William Birnie Rhind in 1906. This war memorial features a seated figure of a uniformed soldier atop a squat obelisk made of ashlar stone. The base consists of loose rocks, while the lower part of the obelisk is polished ashlar that displays an inscription in bronze lettering on the west face and a bronze plate on the east face. The upper level of the obelisk is rock-faced.
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