Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Memorial homes / Alms houses
- District
- Wakefield
- Town
- Wakefield
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- MR W HAROLD WATSON (Architect)
- Ceremony
- Foundation Stone
Date: 14 November 924
Attended by: Her Royal Highness Princess Mary - Opened
Date: 11 November 1925
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (1)
- Foundation Stone
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 55184
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Current location
Opposite the junction with Westfield Road.
Clayton Hospital
Northgate
Wakefield
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF1 3PY
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 32926 21488
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Nurses' home with dedicatory memorial tablet and foundation stone. Rebuilt in 2010 incorporating the original stone
- Inscription
- 1914 1918 / WAR / MEMORIAL / NURSE HOSTEL
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Building
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined - Foundation stone
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Building
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Wakefield Nurses Home now demolished and commemorative stone from original building embedded in side wall of new private house. Can be viewed from Leeds Road.
- WMO ID: 70475
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 09-09-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2010: Original building was recently demolished and rebuilt, the stone has been incorporated in the new building. July 2007: Home scheduled for demolition. Tablet and foundation stone will be retained in new building.
- Costs
Site: Free
Comments: Site donated by Sir Edmund Stonehouse in memory of his son - see our reference 29127.
Memorial: £13,000- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
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