Horsforth War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details 1495/0/10023 BROADWAY 29-NOV-02 Horsforth Hall Park (North side) War Memorial at the junction with Fink Hill II War memorial. 1920, Additions 1947. Ashlar and re-constituted stone, bronze and iron. Main First World War cenotaph stands on a 3 step base with moulded plinth and inset bronze plaques on the 3 visible sides. The main front has the dates 1914 - 1918 and below 1939 - 1945 in bronze numbers. Topped with a moulded cornice and then surmounted by 3 chamfered steps supporting a central block decorated with a bronze wreath flanked by pairs of Ionic columns, the whole finished with a 3 step upper section. Later Second World War memorial takes the form of a re-constituted stone lectern with bronze memorial plaques standing in front on the steps. The memorial has a low stone boundary wall with iron piers and chains and central gate-piers with painted iron overthrow and gates. 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, 31 January 2017. Legacy The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System number: 489886 Legacy System: LBS

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.