Inverurie War Memorial and Gardens Inverurie, Scotland
Listed Building Data
Inverurie War Memorial and Gardens has been designated a scheduled monument in Scotland with the following information. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- Historic Scotland ID
- 398107 (entity ID)
- Building ID
- 50180
- Canmore ID
- 188236
- Category
- C
- Name
- Inverurie War Memorial and Gardens
- Parish
- Inverurie
- County
- Aberdeenshire
- Easting
- 377546
- Northing
- 821532
- Date Listed
- 28 November 2005
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Circa 1921. World War I and II war memorial set within rectangular-plan landscaped garden at approach to Town Hall. Substantial, 2-stage, square-plan, bull-faced granite memorial with granite infantryman. 1st stage comprising 3-stepped base with inset panels at 2nd step, that to S commemorating 'THOSE WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-45', roll of honour to remaining faces. Battered plinth at 2nd stage with inset S panel inscribed 'IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF INVERURIE AND DISTRICT WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES I N THE GREAT WAR 1914 ' 1918' below relief-carved laurel wreath with crossed rifle and sword; roll of honour to other faces. This giving way to monumental kilted infantryman with rifle. Memorial Gardens with enclosing decorative ironwork railings and 2-leaf gate.
Listed Building Statement of Special Interest
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Situated in an imposing position with the category B listed Town Hall providing a dramatic backdrop, this fine war memorial and garden provide a tranquil oasis in the commercial centre of Inverurie Burgh. The Scran database, which uses a photograph of circa 1950 from the David Innes collection, states that 'The use of a public art form, the statue, its positioning in front of the town hall, and the space around it
Listed Building References
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Ian Shepherd RIAS Guide GORDON (1994), p121. www.scran.ac.uk/database/record ID 000-000-570-215. Information courtesy of Inverurie Environmental Improvement.
