War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Merton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 2004. A 20th century War memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- still-garret-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Merton
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 2004
- Type
- War memorial
- Period
- 20th century
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
1329/0/10066 CHURCH LANE 15-MAR-04 War Memorial CHURCH PATH War Memorial
GV II War memorial. Designed 1920, erected 1921, architect H P Burke Downing. Tall cross on high plinth, incorporating a figure of Christ in Majesty and inscribed 'LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS', and 'IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF MERTON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR 1914- 18', to which were later added the words 'AND IN THE WAR 1939-45'.
Burke Downing was a significant local architect in the arts and crafts style, and this is a good example of his work at its most severe. As well as a telling memorial to the local men who gave their lives, this monument has exceptional grouping with the listed Church of St Mary.
Source The Architect, 4 February 1920
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, 16 February 2017.
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