Description

786/0/10143 MAZE HILL
21-AUG-02 War Memorial and attached railings and
piers

CHARLTON WAY
War Memorial and attached railings and
piers

GV II

War memorial with attached railings and piers. Circa 1920. Classical style. Built of Portland stone. About 12 feet in height. Moulded cornice, three panels divided by Ionic pilasters with double pilasters at the end on plinth and stone step. Central panels bears the arms of the Borough of Greenwich and is incribed "Borough of Greenwich in glorious and grateful memory of the men of this borough who gave their lives in the Great War. The number exceeds 1600 and their names are recorded in a roll of honor deposited in this memorial." Side panels inscribed "1914" and "1918". The plinth is inscribed "Also in grateful remembrance of those residents of the Borough who gave their lives to the country during the War 1939-1945". On either side are attached curved sections of cast iron railings with dog rails and urn principals on stone plinth, terminating in stock brick piers with Portland stone plinths and cornices.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 10 February 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26283250

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)