WAR MEMORIAL TO THE FRONT (NORTH) OF CIVIC CENTRE

WAR MEMORIAL TO THE FRONT (NORTH) OF CIVIC CENTRE, DUKE STREET

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1391852
Date first listed:: 06-Feb-2007
List Entry Name:: WAR MEMORIAL TO THE FRONT (NORTH) OF CIVIC CENTRE
Statutory Address:: WAR MEMORIAL TO THE FRONT (NORTH) OF CIVIC CENTRE, DUKE STREET

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1391852
Date first listed:: 06-Feb-2007
List Entry Name:: WAR MEMORIAL TO THE FRONT (NORTH) OF CIVIC CENTRE
Statutory Address 1:: WAR MEMORIAL TO THE FRONT (NORTH) OF CIVIC CENTRE, DUKE STREET

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: WAR MEMORIAL TO THE FRONT (NORTH) OF CIVIC CENTRE, DUKE STREET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Essex
District:: Chelmsford (District Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: TL 70357 07122

Details

926/0/10023 DUKE STREET 06-FEB-07 War Memorial to the front (north) of C ivic Centre

II War memorial. Designed by Mr E J Miles and built by Messrs Wray and Fuller. It consists of a Portland stone cenotaph, surmounting a square plinth on a three stepped base. The bottom step of the base has posts and a chain link fence. The north and south faces of the cenotaph each have a wreath in relief and the east and west faces each have an inverted sword. The north face of the plinth is inscribed with "TO THE/MEN OF CHELMSFORD/WHO FELL IN THE/GREAT WAR/1914-1918", the east face with "AND TO/ALL CITIZENS/WHO FELL IN THE/WORLD WAR/1939-1945" and the south face with "OUR GLORIOUS DEAD". The war memorial was erected 1923 and was unveiled by Vice Admiral Sir Roger Keyes and dedicated by the Bishop Suffragan of Barking. It was originally dedicated to those men of Chelmsford killed on military service in the First World and was subsequently also dedicated to all those people of Chelmsford, both military personnel and civilians, who died during the Second World War.

Summary of Importance: War memorials have a very strong historical and cultural significance on both a local and national scale. This is an impressive monument in a prominent location.

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, 12 January 2017.

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Legacy System number:: 495101
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 12 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/101509
War Memorials Register, accessed 12 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/22589

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.