Description

BRANTINGHAM
SE 92 NW
5/4 War Memorial and screen
wall
- II
War memorial. 1922. For Sir John and Lady Sherburn. Constructed from
reclaimed material after the demolition c1914 of Cuthbert Brodrick's Hull
Town Hall of 1862. Chiefly white limestone with some fine red sandstone and
polished red granite. Memorial: raised square plinth with 2 polished
granite cartouches in scrolled ornament to each side. Above, 4 stumpy
Composite columns enclosing a panelled limestone block: one side supports a
bronze plaque on which are recorded the names of fourteen young men.
Moulded cornice carrying the stepped base to a short Composite column: this
column and the 4 beneath carry polygonal, tapering, finials. Screen wall:
panelled dwarf wall with rosettes and granite bull's eyes punctuated by
concrete pilasters carrying tapering columns set end to end to form a
massive rail. Polygonal end abutments under tapering polygonal finials.
Pevsner describes this memorial as "one of the most lovably awful things in
the East Riding", Pevsner N, Yorkshire: York and the East Riding, p 196.

Listing NGR: SE9399429384

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.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26397408

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]