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Latitude: 53.9617 / 53°57'42"N
Longitude: -1.0837 / 1°5'1"W
OS Eastings: 460215
OS Northings: 452120
OS Grid: SE602521
Mapcode National: GBR NQWM.5L
Mapcode Global: WHFC3.BP58
Plus Code: 9C5WXW68+MG
Entry Name: South African War Memorial
Listing Date: 1 July 1968
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1257874
English Heritage Legacy ID: 463349
Also known as: Second Boer War memorial
Yorkshire Boer War Memorial
ID on this website: 101257874
Location: York, North Yorkshire, YO1
County: York
Electoral Ward/Division: Guildhall
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: York
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: York St Michael-le-Belfrey
Church of England Diocese: York
Tagged with: Gothic Revival War memorial
YORK
SE6052SW DUNCOMBE PLACE
1112-1/27/305 (South East side)
01/07/68 South African War Memorial
GV II*
War memorial. Dated 1905. By GF Bodley. Contrasting stone with
slate commemorative panels. 2-stage octagonal column raised on
high stepped plinth and crowned with crocketed lantern. Plinth
is buttressed at each corner by monolithic block, one
incorporating dedication panel. Both stages of column are
supported by 1-stage buttresses with crocketed pinnacles,
upper ones tied back to lantern as flying buttresses. Lower
stage incorporates engraved panels framed in moulded mullions
and transoms: upper stage has standing military statuary
beneath crocketed ogee-arched canopies. Carved cornice with
gargoyles beneath lantern of paired trefoil-headed lights.
Octagonal finial.
(Bartholomew City Guides: Hutchinson J and Palliser DM: York:
Edinburgh: 1980-: 162; The Buildings of England: Pevsner N:
Yorkshire: York and the East Riding: Harmondsworth: 1972-:
143).
Listing NGR: SE6021552119
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, 1 February 2017.
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