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Forglen War Memorial

A Category C Listed Building in Banff and District, Aberdeenshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.5559 / 57°33'21"N

Longitude: -2.5313 / 2°31'52"W

OS Eastings: 368306

OS Northings: 851884

OS Grid: NJ683518

Mapcode National: GBR N83R.H3J

Mapcode Global: WH8MG.2BWW

Plus Code: 9C9VHF49+9F

Entry Name: Forglen War Memorial

Listing Name: Forglen Memorial Hall and War Memorial

Listing Date: 4 March 1994

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 346787

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB13607

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200346787

Location: Forglen

County: Aberdeenshire

Electoral Ward: Banff and District

Parish: Forglen

Traditional County: Banffshire

Tagged with: War memorial

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Description

Dated 1921, possibly by W L Duncan of Turriff. Single storey and basement hall with piended roof, raised over basement, roughly T-plan, with service wings at rear. Harled, Turriff sandstone cills, ashler coping and eaves course.

N ELEVATION: flat-roofed entrance porch at rear to lower wing, set in NE re-entrant angle, deep-set door, 2 windows to right, bipartite to left, battlemented parapet above. Main hall block advanced to right; tripartite, centre light breaking eaves in shaped gablehead with date plaque.

W ELEVATION: 3 broad windows, small door to basement at outer left.

Lower, gabled service wings adjoining at rear.

Sash and case, and metal framed hopper windows with multi-pane glazing pattern. Grey slates, swept eaves. Leaded bellcote to centre ridge with apron, arcaded cote and pyramidal roof with finial. Rendered ridge stack to rear.

1914-18 WAR MEMORIAL: sited to N; polished granite pier with steps, dated wreath, inscription and pyramidal cap.

Statement of Interest

W L Duncan, son of James Duncan of Turriff, died 1951.

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