File:Nottingham City War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 985349.jpg
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English: Nottingham City War Memorial A very substantial memorial built 1923-7.
Nottingham Civic Socity describes it as follows: "The Memorial arch and its flanking colonnades and terraces were designed by T. Wallis Gordon, the City Engineer and Surveyor. The whole Memorial is constructed of Portland stone, some enormous blocks weighing eight or nine tons were used. The Gateway is 46feet high and 58feet long. The central arch is 27feet high and 16feet wide; the arches on either side are 20feet high and 8feet wide. The openings have ornamental wrought iron gates and semi-circular grills. The riverside elevation has four Doric columns 28feet high and having a diameter of 3½feet, behind are four pilasters of the same height. The flanking colonnades, semi-elliptical on plan, are each 20feet high and 86feet long. Low walls on either side extend the overall length to about 252 feet. The terrace to the rear of the Gateway is 180feet long and on average 50feet wide; that on the riverside is 140feet long." |
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| Author | Alan Murray-Rust |
| Attribution (required by the license) | Alan Murray-Rust / Nottingham City War Memorial / |
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