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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