War Memorial Gate

First World War memorial gate, 1923 with Second World War additions.

MATERIALS: regular sandstone blocks with ashlar dressings; bronze name plaques.

PLAN: rectangular with wide central entrance and flanking pavillions.

EXTERIOR: a steeply-roofed gabled archway with raised stone verges. The chamfered surface of the arch bears the carved inscription: THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE, below a stopped hoodmould, and it is flanked by stepped and coped buttresses. Immediately above, at the apex of the gable there is an inset stone plaque with the date 1914/1918. The right and left returns each have a projecting pavilion in the form of a canted bay with stone coping and a string course; there is a single window opening to the short side and paired two-light mullioned windows to the long side. All windows have metal inserts. The rear elevation is similar, but plainer and lacks the inscription and buttresses.

INTERIOR: the pair of roofed pavilions have timber roof structures and raised and stone-kerbed floors and replacement benches. Each also has a large bronze plaque affixed to the south-east wall reading: THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ 'HONOUR THE FALLEN BRAVE'/ (NAMES in 2 columns), and one also has a similar bronze plaque reading: THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945/HONOUR THE FALLEN BRAVE/(names in 2 columns).

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 6 February to amend a typo in the description