Description

Robert Warwick Morrison, sculptor (working for Stewart and Co.), 1920. Tapered, square-plan column on double plinth supporting a full-sized statue of a Gordon Highlander resting on his rifle. Rusticated granite with polished granite name plaques bearing parish roll of honour. Column inscribed at top, 'WE GRATEFULLY REMEMBER ALL THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR'.

Statement of Interest

A good example of a figurative war memorial to the First World War.

Robert Morrison (1890-1945) was a gifted carver who was known for his attention to detail. He was a fast worker, being able to carve the figure of a soldier in six weeks as opposed to the usual six or nine months. He produced a number of memorials in northeast Scotland including that at Rhynie (see separate listing).

Listed building record updated in 2014.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17780248

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey