This tribute to Britain’s war dead has been broken up and placed in storage for over ten years, the column feared lost. We call on Sheffield Council to set out its plans for the monument in time for Remembrance Day.
Grade II-listed, 1858, George Goldie
When the Crimean War Monument was erected on Moorhead in 1858, it was intended as a highly visible tribute to the fallen. It consisted of an unusually tall Corinthian column, topped by a seated figure of Victory, and surrounded by Russian cannons at its base; and it was placed at a junction so that it might be observed from any point along the length of Pinstone Street, The Moor, or Furnival Gate. The designer, George Goldie, could not therefore have imagined that, it would later be broken up and moved to the Botanical Gardens, so as to facilitate minor changes to the road layout; or that it would be lost altogether, when plans were put forward to restore the gardens to their original 1936 appearance. The conditions attached to the removal of the memorial are believed to have required the restoration works to be completed, and a precise location for the memorial secured. Its location has not been determined, however, and the city council is in breach of its own listed building consent.
Status Update / March 2026
When getting permission to move the memorial, the council made a commitment to find a place for it in the Botanical Gardens within two years. Since then, nothing has happened and it remains hidden away in a storage facility, its exact location unknown.