Memorial to the Great War
MEMORIAL TO THE GREAT WAR, MADEIRA WALK
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1085348
- Date first listed:
- 04-Feb-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Memorial to the Great War
- Statutory Address:
- MEMORIAL TO THE GREAT WAR, MADEIRA WALK
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- Date:
- 2003-05-28
- Reference:
- IOE01/10457/07
- Rights:
- © Mr Peter Hubbard. Source: Historic England Archive
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1085348
- Date first listed:
- 04-Feb-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Memorial to the Great War
- Statutory Address 1:
- MEMORIAL TO THE GREAT WAR, MADEIRA WALK
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:
- MEMORIAL TO THE GREAT WAR, MADEIRA WALK
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Thanet (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ramsgate
- National Grid Reference:
- TR 38492 64841
Details
RAMSGATE MADEIRA WALK
TR 3864 NW
(north side)
13/253 Memorial to
the Great War
GV II
War Memorial. 1920 by Gilbert Bayes. Portland stone. A lifesize nude,
shrouded and holding her head (awakening from the dead?). She sits on a
pedestal placed on a paved platform with a mosaic circle around the base,
with 3 steps down, and backed with a segmental panel inscribed:
The Great War 1914-1918: TO ALL WHO SERVED HONOUR
Signed Gilbert Bayes, 1920, on base of pedestal.
Listing NGR: TR3849264841
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, 30 November 2016.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 171886
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 30/11/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/1979
War Memorials Online, accessed 30/11/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/120568
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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