Aberford War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details First World War memorial, 1922, by Sydney Kitson FRIBA, with Second World War additions. MATERIALS: boasted (tooled) surface Portland stone, green Westmorland slate tablets and a concrete base. DESCRIPTION: Aberford War Memorial stands on a grass verge, set back from the Great North Road on the eastern side of Bunkers Hill. The memorial is a classical-style cenotaph in the form of a blocked rusticated arch, with a projecting moulded cornice, crowned by a stylised two-stepped pyramidal sarcophagus. The memorial rises off a two-stepped plinth, set on a concrete base. The friezes of the north and south elevations each bear a square frame housing a laurel cross carved in relief. The rear elevation has a rusticated boasted surface. The main (west) elevation has a recessed arch, with a quarry faced keystone and crossettes, which springs off a projecting fluted impost band that encircles the monument. Two green slate dedication tablets are set within the recessed arch and are incised with painted black lettering that read: TO/ THE MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN OF ABERFORD/ WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ (24 NAMES)/ AND OF THOSE WHO FELL/ IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945/ (10 NAMES)/ YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED/ IN THE LAND YOU LOVED.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.