Tunbridge Wells War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 June 2011. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Tunbridge Wells War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- standing-lancet-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 June 2011
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tunbridge Wells War Memorial is a stone structure featuring a bronze figure and plaques, located in front of the town's civic complex, which includes the town hall and the public library and museum. The memorial consists of a smooth-faced stone wall that is set back approximately 1.5 metres from the pavement edge, with returning wings. At the center of the wall is a raised plinth that supports a bronze figure of a soldier, who is fully equipped for combat, holding a rifle with a bayonet lowered across his body, with his helmet placed at his feet. The plinth bears the inscription in bronze letters: "OUR GORIOUS DEAD / 1914 - 1918 / HONOUR GRATITUDE / PRAISE / 1939 - 1945," with a carved relief of a laurel wreath below.
The wall is adorned with bronze plaques that list the Roll of Honour. Each of the flanking wings features a bronze lamp with a laurel garland carved beneath it.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Radon risk assessment
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- Library and Museum
- Archway Leading to Nos 2 and 3 (The Priory) Church Road
- Town Hall
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- The Priory
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- Wall to North and South of Nos 2 and 3
- Assembly Hall
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