Brighton War Memorial
BRIGHTON WAR MEMORIAL, OLD STEINE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1380675
- Date first listed:
- 26-Aug-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Brighton War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- BRIGHTON WAR MEMORIAL, OLD STEINE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1380675
- Date first listed:
- 26-Aug-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Brighton War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- BRIGHTON WAR MEMORIAL, OLD STEINE
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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:
- BRIGHTON WAR MEMORIAL, OLD STEINE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- The City of Brighton and Hove (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 31321 04074
Details
BRIGHTON
TQ3104SW OLD STEINE
577-1/40/610 (North side)
Brighton War Memorial
GV II
War memorial to the men and women of Brighton who fell in the
First World War. Dated 1922 on the borough coat of arms. By
John W Simpson. Portland stone, bronze.
Designed in the form of a Roman water garden, and having 3
parts: a shallow pool and fountain; a screen of columns along
the north side of the pool, incorporating a small shrine; and
2 bronze pylons standing at the north-west and north-east
corners of the screen.
Simplified Classical style.
The pool is roughly square in plan, but chamfered at the
south-west and south-east corners, and has re-entrant angles
at the other corners. Seen from the south, the screen has a
domed centrepiece which carries on its face a panel inscribed
'HIGH SEAS/ NORTH SEAS/ HOME SEAS/ ARCTIC BALTIC/
MEDITERRANEAN/ FRANCE AND/ FLANDERS/ PALESTINE/ MESOPOTAMIA/
RUSSIA/ ITALY/ MACEDONIA/ DARDANELLES'; above this is the coat
of arms of the borough of Brighton and a small dome. The
screen consists of 3 bays either side of the centrepiece, with
columns square in plan and plain except for incised vertical
lines on the upper third; these support an entablature; and
there are wings at the corners formed by 4 columns on a square
plan, which create the re-entrant angles of the pool. From the
north, the centrepiece is open below the dome and flanked by
columns, which enclose an altar and bronze plaque stating the
purposes of the memorial. The pylons are inscribed with the
names of the 2,597 men and 3 women of Brighton who fell in the
War.
(Carder T: The Encyclopaedia of Brighton: Lewes: 1990-).
Listing NGR: TQ3132104074
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, 5 December 2016.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 480999
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Carder, T, Encyclopaedia of Brighton, (1990)
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 05/12/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/16849
War Memorials Online, accessed 05/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/107078
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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