War Memorial Gateway (Hexham)
War Memorial Gateway, Hexham. Photo by Northumberland County Council, 1971.
(NY 93476400) War Memorial. (1)
5334 BEAUMONT STREET (North-West Side) Northumberland Fusiliers' War Memorial Gateway NY 9364 1/112 2.10.51. II*
2. Late 17th or early 18th century, removed from the White Hart Inn in Fore Street in 1919 and placed in present position as memorial. Stone. Rusticated piers; and quoins to spandrels. Moulded import and architrave to arch. Entablature with pulvinated frieze to dentil cornice. Segmental pediment above. (2)
Plaques mounted on each pillar, inscribed: (LH PILLAR) THIS ARCH WAS PRESENTED TO THE/ TOWN TO COMMEMORATE THE SERVICES/ OF THE 4TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSIL - / IERS (TF) IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM/ DURING THE WAR 1915 - 1918. (RH PILLAR) THE BATTALION MOBILISED AT HEXHAM/ ON AUGUST 4TH 1914. (3)(4)
5334 BEAUMONT STREET (North-West Side) Northumberland Fusiliers' War Memorial Gateway NY 9364 1/112 2.10.51. II*
2. Late 17th or early 18th century, removed from the White Hart Inn in Fore Street in 1919 and placed in present position as memorial. Stone. Rusticated piers; and quoins to spandrels. Moulded import and architrave to arch. Entablature with pulvinated frieze to dentil cornice. Segmental pediment above. (2)
Plaques mounted on each pillar, inscribed: (LH PILLAR) THIS ARCH WAS PRESENTED TO THE/ TOWN TO COMMEMORATE THE SERVICES/ OF THE 4TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSIL - / IERS (TF) IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM/ DURING THE WAR 1915 - 1918. (RH PILLAR) THE BATTALION MOBILISED AT HEXHAM/ ON AUGUST 4TH 1914. (3)(4)
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