Memorial

Market Harborough and District Hospital - WW1

Market Harborough and District Hospital - WW1- Portico

Source: Copyright Colin Sullivan

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Current Location

Memorial incorporated into new building, Rosewood Manor Care Home, Coventry Road, Market Harborough, Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 9DD, England

SP 72980 87132

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Type of Memorial: Hospital / Clinic
WMR Reference Number: 50601
Description: Originally an extension to the hospital, the portico was saved on the demolition of the hospital and incorporated into the nursing home. A bronze plaque is on the outside of the portico. A marble plaque with black carved lettering is in the centre above door height inside the portico. Four marble tablets, two on each side, list names in black carved letters. A red cross is next to names of those who died.
Inscription: Bronze plaque: This extension was erected by public subscription in/ Commemoration of the services of the men of/ The urban district of Market Harborough in the/ Great War 1914-19 Marble tablet above door: THE NAMES INSCRIBED ON THESE PANELS ARE A RECORD OF THE/ MEN FROM THE URBAN DISTRICT WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR./ THE NAMES OF THE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES ARE INDICATED BY A CROSS. Four tablets, two each side of door: (NAMES)

Maker(s): T Hickman and Sons, Builder
Costs: £3959
Sponsor Type: public
Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information: The land was fenced at a cost of £49 7s 0d.
Maintenance History: 2013: Planned development of the hospital. Leicester City, County and Rutland 'At Risk' War Memorials Project in discussion with NHS over potential relocation of war memorials. 2009: The memorial tablets listed at Grade II