Huntly, East Park Street, War Memorial
War Memorial (20th Century)
Site Name Huntly, East Park Street, War Memorial
Classification War Memorial (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) West Park Street; Castle Street
Canmore ID 188128
Site Number NJ54SW 49
NGR NJ 53000 40136
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/188128
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Huntly
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
War Memorial, off West Park Street, c.1920, Frank Troup. Unusual, largely successful elongated octagon of square piers carrying an entablature from which rises a graceful obelisk. Screens with names between piers.
Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
Architect: Francis W. Troup, c.1920
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
Burgh Surveyor's Office, Huntly
F.W. Troup - Original sketch for memorial
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Photographic Survey (3 May 2006)
The war memorial of 1920 was recorded by the Threatened Buildings Survey resulting from a notice to record from Mrs Elizabeth Beaton
information from RCAHMS (STG)
