Description

NOTTINGHAM

SK5639NE LENTON ROAD
646-1/19/319 (North side)
War memorial, retaining wall and
railings at Memorial Nurses' Home

GV II

War memorial, retaining wall and railings. 1921-23. Probably
by Evans, Cartwright & Woollett, architects of the Memorial
Nurses' Home (qv). Ashlar wall, with cast-iron railing and
bronze war memorial.
Retaining wall, approx 80m long, running in a slight curve
along the north side of Lenton Road, divided by pilasters and
topped with a cast-iron railing. To the left, 3 slightly
projecting bays divided by pilasters, containing a bronze
plaque flanked by wreaths and torches, forming the City and
County war memorial. To the left of this, the wall is stepped
back into the slope, and in front is a lower screen wall,
approx 20m long, with a central round-arched gateway flanked
by rusticated piers.

Listing NGR: SK5683639573

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, 24 January 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26560756

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)