Chiswick War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Hounslow local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 2015. War memorial.
Chiswick War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sombre-landing-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hounslow
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 March 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
War memorial unveiled in 1921, designed by Edward Willis.
MATERIALS: Cornish granite.
PLAN: located at the eastern corner of Turnham Green, the memorial consists of an obelisk set on a square earthen mound topped with granite paving and a low tubular bronze rail running between bevelled square granite piers. The rail continues down a flight of five granite steps on the north-east side of the monument.
DESCRIPTION: the obelisk is set on a plinth with a moulded top and two-stepped base. The shaft has a bronze laurel wreath and the plinth bears a bronze plaque with the legend ‘IN GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF CHISWICK/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914…1918’. The upper step of the base is inscribed, ‘AND IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945’.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURE: the mound is bordered by a stone kerb.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 16 February 2017.
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