War Memorial At Junction With Church Street is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. War memorial.

War Memorial At Junction With Church Street

WRENN ID
upper-roof-curlew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Country
England
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

TL3514SE 829-1/9/42

WARE TOWN BALDOCK STREET (East side) War Memorial at junction with Church Street

GV II

War memorial. 1921. Designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield. Portland stone memorial, incorporating central 'cross of sacrifice', with octagonal shaft and arms, with bronze sword fixed to face. Base of diminishing octagonal offsets, rising from central plinth. Screen walls, left and right, incorporate cast panels with fossil aggregate, with lead lettering recording names of the casualties. Return ends in Portland stone, with offset coping with segmental curved profile top, and moulded pilaster bases. Base of memorial has raised curved Portland stone step, and red brick herringbone-pattern paving. (Edwards E and Perman D: Ware's Past In Pictures: Ware: 1991-: 143; Architects in Perspective: Fellows RA: Sir Reginald Blomfield: London: 1985-: 104, 174).

Listing NGR: TL3562614410

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, 24 July 2017.

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