Description

BARROW IN FURNESS

SD26NW PARK AVENUE
708-1/6/104 (East side (off))
06/05/76 War Memorial in Public Park

II

War Memorial. 1919. By Major C Oakley. For Barrow Haematite
Steel Co. Sculptors Fairburn and Hull; all of Barrow. Portland
limestone with iron railings and bronze plaques. Circular
platform with railings between 4 flights of steps having piers
and balustrades with bronze insets and guilloche ornament.
Central obelisk has plinth with convex corners and bronze
plaques; tapered square shaft with ornament of acanthus,
fluting etc and a bronze wreath on each side. The plaques bear
the dedication to, and names of, those lost in the Great War;
those at each corner with reliefs of infantryman, sailor,
Liberty and an angel. Attached to the railings are 2 plaques
with names of those lost in World War II. An imposing local
landmark.

Listing NGR: SD2030969791

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, 2 February 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Barrow Park Cenotaph at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q4863896

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings