Stubbington War Memorial

First World War memorial, built 1922 by Arthur Tribbeck.

MATERIALS: timber shelter structure with clay-tiled roof covering a central limestone pillar set within a circular wall built with ashlar blocks.

PLAN: square-plan shelter covering a central, circular stone memorial, positioned within the public garden on Stubbington Gardens.

DESCRIPTION: The memorial takes the form of a timber shelter set over a capped stone pillar with circular enclosing walls. The shelter consists of four corner posts set on stone bases, each with paired braces to the roof structure that are strengthened by iron straps. The pitched and hipped roof is clad in clay tiles. There are tongue-and-groove slatted gable fronts to the four sides of the shelter, each bearing a central wreath emblem and the following relief-carved inscriptions in a Gothic script: “1914 - 1919 / OUR GLORIOUS DEAD / FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH / LEST WE FORGET”. The names of the fallen from the conflict are carved onto wooden panels affixed to the inside face of the shelter. The seats in each corner are slightly later additions (not shown in the 1922 dedication photographs but shown in later photographs of the 1960s).