War Memorial and Attached Railings and Piers
WAR MEMORIAL AND ATTACHED RAILINGS AND PIERS, CHARLTON WAY
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1031859
- Date first listed:
- 21-Aug-2002
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial and Attached Railings and Piers
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL AND ATTACHED RAILINGS AND PIERS, CHARLTON WAY
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1031859
- Date first listed:
- 21-Aug-2002
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial and Attached Railings and Piers
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAR MEMORIAL AND ATTACHED RAILINGS AND PIERS, CHARLTON WAY
- Statutory Address 2:
- WAR MEMORIAL AND ATTACHED RAILINGS AND PIERS, MAZE HILL
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL AND ATTACHED RAILINGS AND PIERS, CHARLTON WAY
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL AND ATTACHED RAILINGS AND PIERS, MAZE HILL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Greenwich (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 39666 77048
Details
786/0/10143 MAZE HILL
21-AUG-02 War Memorial and attached railings and
piers
CHARLTON WAY
War Memorial and attached railings and
piers
GV II
War memorial with attached railings and piers. Circa 1920. Classical style. Built of Portland stone. About 12 feet in height. Moulded cornice, three panels divided by Ionic pilasters with double pilasters at the end on plinth and stone step. Central panels bears the arms of the Borough of Greenwich and is incribed "Borough of Greenwich in glorious and grateful memory of the men of this borough who gave their lives in the Great War. The number exceeds 1600 and their names are recorded in a roll of honor deposited in this memorial." Side panels inscribed "1914" and "1918". The plinth is inscribed "Also in grateful remembrance of those residents of the Borough who gave their lives to the country during the War 1939-1945". On either side are attached curved sections of cast iron railings with dog rails and urn principals on stone plinth, terminating in stock brick piers with Portland stone plinths and cornices.
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, 10 February 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 489753
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 10 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/11861
War Memorials Online, accessed 10 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/111759
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 20-Jun-2026 at 17:54:10.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.