Islington War Memorial
ISLINGTON WAR MEMORIAL, MANOR GARDENS
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1392555
- Date first listed:
- 16-Jun-2004
- List Entry Name:
- Islington War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- ISLINGTON WAR MEMORIAL, MANOR GARDENS
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1392555
- Date first listed:
- 16-Jun-2004
- List Entry Name:
- Islington War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- ISLINGTON WAR MEMORIAL, MANOR GARDENS
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:
- ISLINGTON WAR MEMORIAL, MANOR GARDENS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Islington (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ3025286292
Reasons for Designation
The memorial arch dates from 1923. Designed by Percy Adams and unveiled by the Prince of Wales, it is all that remains of the main Islington war memorial: a new ward for the Royal Northern Hospital.
Details
635-1/0/10154
16-JUN-04
MANOR GARDENS
Islington War Memorial
II
War memorial arch. 1923. Designed by Percy Adams FRIBA. Red brick with Portland stone dressings.
DESCRIPTION: the arch and window over are all that survive of the casualty department of the Royal Northern Hospital. The inscribed foundation and dedication stones at plinth level are set behind rounded granite bollards. The segmental archway is surrounded by rusticated quoins: above is a 16/9-pane sash window set within an aedicular surround with a console hood over, while the cast iron balcony is flanked by palm-enriched volutes. Behind the iron gates, on either side of the archway, are inscribed Portland stone walls bearing the names of the borough's 1,307 war dead. On each side is the inscription 'TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE ISLINGTONIANS WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919'. A separate plaque reads: 'RNH / BOROUGH OF ISLINGTON WAR MEMORIAL / This Building was erected by Public Subscription raised in the Borough of Islington to commemorate the Supreme Sacrifice made by those who fell in the Great War and the brave deeds of those who were spared. / 1914-1919'.
HISTORY: the arch formed part of the Islington war memorial, which took the practical form of an additional ward to the Royal Northern Hospital. Such utilitarian memorials were not uncommon at this time. The foundation to the new casualty department was laid by Lady Patricia Ramsay in July 1923, and the new building was opened by the Prince of Wales on 27th November 1923. The hospital was closed in 1992, and the site redeveloped by Bellway Homes: the arch was retained as a memorial to the dead of the borough.
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, 16 February 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 491279
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 16 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/12057
War Memorials Online, accessed 16 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/191383
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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