Boer War Memorial Gargoyles - Duncombe Place, York, UK
N 53° 57.701 W 001° 05.025
30U E 625717 N 5980958
This beautifully carved war memorial, to the Boer War, stands in a small park on the south east side of Duncombe Place - a short distance south west of York Minster.
Waymark Code: WMJXQJ
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/13/2014
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Eight gargoyles are placed above the statues on the war memorial.
The war memorial is Grade II* listed with the entry at the English Heritage website telling us:
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.