Ilford 1914 to 1918 War Memorial
ILFORD 1914 TO 1918 WAR MEMORIAL, EASTERN AVENUE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1250745
- Date first listed:
- 25-Apr-1995
- List Entry Name:
- Ilford 1914 to 1918 War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- ILFORD 1914 TO 1918 WAR MEMORIAL, EASTERN AVENUE
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- Reference:
- IOE01/01174/22
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1250745
- Date first listed:
- 25-Apr-1995
- List Entry Name:
- Ilford 1914 to 1918 War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- ILFORD 1914 TO 1918 WAR MEMORIAL, EASTERN AVENUE
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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:
- ILFORD 1914 TO 1918 WAR MEMORIAL, EASTERN AVENUE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Redbridge (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ4476388340
Details
The following buildings shall be added:
TQ 48 NW
937-/05/10005
ILFORD
EASTERN AVENUE
Ilford 1914-18 War Memorial
II
Memorial Hall. Small single-storey octagonal structure, formerly attached to the children's wing of the
King George Hospital, and built in 1927 to commemorate Ilford soldiers who died in the First World
War. Designed by C J Dawson & Allardyce, architects. Red brick with stone dressing. No windows.
Two doorways, one on memorial gardens side, one opposite on the hospital side. Stone door surrounds
and cornice, foundation stones and tablet. Concrete coping. Metal and glass ceiling dome. Metal
doors. Tablet above entrance inscribed: 'ILFORD WAR MEMORIAL/ CHILDREN'S WING/
ERECTED A.D. 1927.' Foundation stone to right of entrance inscribed 'This stone was laid by Lady
Wise, wife of Sir Frederic Wise, member 1926.' Stone set into the brick to the left of the entrance
inscribed: 'This stone was laid by Walter H. Stevens Chairman of the Ilford War Memorial Fund 6 Nov.
1926.' INTERIOR: Moulded stone surrounds to doors on two sides of the octagon; remaining six sides
covered with marble slabs inscribed with the names of the dead. Minimal ceiling cornice. Tablet above
doorway to hospital inscribed 'Wing opened in 1927 by Lady Patricia Ramsay, H.R.H Princess Patricia.'
White marble floor tiles with black tiles in centre and black border. Metal door frames with glazed panels.
Fittings: apart from name slabs, two pairs of crossed flagpoles on facing sides.
TQ 48 NW ILFORD EASTERN AVENUE
937-/05/10006 Memorial Gardens War
Memorial
II
War Memorial. Unveiled 1922 to commemorate the soldiers from Ilford who died in the 1914-1918
war. Stone obelisk surmounted by a cross on tall stone plinth raised on three steps. Bronze life-size figure
of a soldier on the south side of the obelisk by Newbury Abbot Trent. HISTORY: Paid for by public
subscription and unveiled 22 November by H.R.H. Princess Louise, Duchess ofArgyll. An identical
copy of the figure by the sculptor Newbury Trent (1885-1953) can be found at Tredegar, Gwent (1924).
Listing NGR: TQ4476388340
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, 17 February 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 433204
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 17 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/58236
War Memorials Online, accessed 17 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/168637
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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