War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Luton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1982. War memorial. 8 related planning applications.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- plain-moulding-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Luton
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 1982
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 25/03/2019
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GEORGE STREET (west end) War Memorial
II Memorial of Portland Stone erected in 1922 to the design of Sir Reginald Blomfield. Stepped plinth with added cast bronze panels commemorating the dead of the Second World War. The body of the monument is inscribed on four sides with the names of 1286 dead of the First War. Surmounted by cornice and frieze of tryglyphs and metopes with decoration of roundels. Above is a podium decorated with the town's coat of arms and wreaths. On the podium is an 8 feet high bronze statue of 'Peace' sculpted by Sir William Hamo Thornycroft. The statue carries a myrtle branch held aloft in her right hand and an angel holding a wreath in her left hand.
Listing NGR: TL0902221314
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, 16 January 2017.
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