Goffs Oak War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Broxbourne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 2023. War memorial.
Goffs Oak War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- bitter-plinth-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Broxbourne
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 August 2023
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War memorial with names added after the Second World War.
MATERIALS: dressed Portland stone.
PLAN: the memorial is located in a central position in the historic centre of the village, at the junction of Goffs Lane, Cuffley Hill and Newgatestreet Road.
EXTERIOR: the memorial is in the form of a cenotaph, 16 feet (4.87m) in height, set upon a square plinth. On the front face of the cenotaph, at the top, is a plain stone tablet bearing the dates 1914-1918. Below this on the plinth is a moulded rectangular stone tablet inscribed IN/ MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF/ GOFFS OAK/ WHO/ LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR, surmounted by a carved laurel wreath. The names of the fallen are inscribed on the other three faces of the plinth. On the rear side of the cenotaph is mounted a plain stone tablet with the dates 1939-1945, along with the names of the three fallen men.
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