War Memorial, Bridge Street, Kelso is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 March 1971. War memorial.
War Memorial, Bridge Street, Kelso
- WRENN ID
- burning-flint-azure
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1971
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- NT 728 337
- Coordinates
- 55.59666, -2.43213
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The War Memorial on Bridge Street in Kelso was designed by Sir Robert Lorimer in 1921 and is of the Mercat Cross type. It features a square shaft topped with a cross, standing on a pedestal that has a niche containing a statue of St George, sculpted by C d'O Pilkington Jackson. The memorial is set on a stepped base with an octagonal balustraded parapet surrounding it, and each face of the pedestal includes a tablet inscribed with the names of the fallen. There is a dwarf wall along Bridge Street with a moulded coping and a wrought-iron rail positioned between the piers.
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