Citizens of Battersea War Memorial Shelter

Second World War memorial to all war casualties of Battersea, in the form of sheltered seating.

MATERIALS: red brick with limestone dressings and a clay tile roof.

PLAN: the structure is crescent-shaped, with the convex outer face to the north; the roof is hipped. There is a small central store room, accessed from a door to the north. At either end the structure is extended by a timber pergola resting on brick columns.

EXTERIOR: to the south the structure is open-fronted, the roof and stone architrave supported on a brick colonnade. The roof is surmounted by a copper-clad lantern with a weather vane. The north wall has small unglazed openings with black decorative metal grilles.

INTERIOR: the replacement granite plaque is central, bearing the inscription: TO THE MEMORY / OF THE / MEN, WOMEN / AND / CHILDREN / OF / BATTERSEA / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES / IN THE / WORLD WAR / 1939-1945. To either side, built against the back wall, is timber bench seating.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 17 February 2017. This list entry was subject to a Minor Enhancement on 15 June 2021 to amend the description and the addition of a reference to Selected sources