Sandwich War Memorial
SANDWICH WAR MEMORIAL, MARKET STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1396405
- Date first listed:
- 13-Jan-2011
- List Entry Name:
- Sandwich War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- SANDWICH WAR MEMORIAL, MARKET STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1396405
- Date first listed:
- 13-Jan-2011
- List Entry Name:
- Sandwich War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- SANDWICH WAR MEMORIAL, MARKET STREET
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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:
- SANDWICH WAR MEMORIAL, MARKET STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Dover (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Sandwich
- National Grid Reference:
- TR 33050 58174
Reasons for Designation
Yes list at Grade II
Details
This List entry has been amended to add sources for further reading (30/11/2016)
SANDWICH
752/0/10014 MARKET STREET
13-JAN-11 SANDWICH WAR MEMORIAL
GV II
First World War memorial with plaques added for subsequent conflicts, unveiled 1920. Designed by Omar Ramsden (1873-1939).
MATERIALS: Red brick and rag stone with bronze deep-relief plaques.
EXTERIOR: Standing approximately 3.2m high and 3.5m wide, the memorial comprises a wall, arranged like a triptych, with a central panel and two canted flanking panels, which sit on a random rubble rag stone plinth. Two steps fill the space before the memorial, which is partially enclosed by the angle of the left and right sections of wall.
A central bronze plaque in deep relief features a dramatic depiction of St George slaying the Dragon, above which a bronze inscription tablet bears the Sandwich town crest, and the words: 1914 / 1919 / TO THOSE MEN OF THIS TOWN / WHO WENT FORTH TO FIGHT FOR / GOD, KING AND COUNTRY / AND CAME NOT BACK AGAIN. To either side is a bronze panel bearing the Roll of Honour, there are 87 names in total on these plaques.
Three secondary plaques have been added beneath the three original plaques. These carry a Roll of Honour for those that fell in the Second World War, 1939-1945, the Korean War, 1950-1953, and the Falklands Conflict, 1982.
HISTORY: The memorial's architect, working from Ramsden's drawings, was Ernest May, and it was built by local bricklayer Henry (Harry) Barlow. The memorial was unveiled by Alderman George Christopher Solley.
Omar Ramsden ran a successful silver workshop in Chelsea during the early C20 and is principally recognised for his silver design which evocatively combined traditional and modern styles. However he also took pride in being able to work in any metal, and after the First World War he undertook a number of bronze war memorials.
SOURCES
E Eldred, "The Creative Designs of Omar Ramsden", Antiques Magazine, Issue 897 (10-16 November 2001), 54-55
A Shannon and M Wilson, entry for Omar Ramsden, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, www.oxforddnb.com, accessed 18 June 2010
United Kingdom National Inventory of War Memorials, www.ukniwm.org.uk accessed, 18 June 2010
REASON FOR DESIGNATION
Sandwich war memorial is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by this community in the First World War, and subsequent conflicts, it is of strong historic and cultural significance both at a local and a national level.
* Artistic interest: the high-relief plaque, by Omar Ramsden is a dramatic piece of sculpture.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 508806
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 30/11/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/1531
War Memorials Online, accessed 30/11/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/120999
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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