War memorial at former St Mark's Church (Brick Lane Music Hall)

Brick Lane Music Hall, 443 North Woolwich Road, London, E16 2DA

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War memorial cross, c1920, moved 1991. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1406974
Date first listed:: 03-Apr-2012
List Entry Name:: War memorial at former St Mark's Church (Brick Lane Music Hall)
Statutory Address:: Brick Lane Music Hall, 443 North Woolwich Road, London, E16 2DA

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1406974
Date first listed:: 03-Apr-2012
List Entry Name:: War memorial at former St Mark's Church (Brick Lane Music Hall)
Location Description:: In forecourt to south-west of church.
Statutory Address 1:: Brick Lane Music Hall, 443 North Woolwich Road, London, E16 2DA

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Brick Lane Music Hall, 443 North Woolwich Road, London, E16 2DA

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Greater London Authority
District:: Newham (London Borough)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: TQ4186680159

Summary

War memorial cross, c1920, moved 1991.

Reasons for Designation

The war memorial at the former St Mark's Church, Silvertown, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reason: * Historic interest: commemorates the people of Silvertown parish who fell in the two World Wars.

History

St Mark's Church, Silvertown was built in 1860-62 by the architect Samuel Sanders Teulon. It closed for worship in 1974 and in 1981 was ravaged by fire, but the building has since been restored and is now the home of the Brick Lane Music Hall. The war memorial, commemorating the parish dead of the First World War, was erected near the south-east corner of the church c1920. After 1945 an inscription was added in honour of the Second War dead. The monument was moved to its present position in 1991.

Details

The memorial, of polished grey granite with leaded lettering, takes the form of a Celtic cross set on a tall pedestal with a pedimented top, which in turn rests on a three-stage plinth. The principal inscription reads: 'In memory / of / the men / of / Silvertown / who gave their lives / in the / Great War / that we might live / 1914-1918'; to which has been added, 'and in the / Second Great War / 1939-1945'. The four faces of the upper section are inscribed, 'Remembrance', 'Honour', 'Unity' and 'Courage'. The plinth is inscribed, 'Their names shall live for ever'.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 17 February 2017.

Sources

Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, O'Brien, C, The Buildings of England: London 5 East, (2005), 315-6
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 17 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/111334
War Memorials Register, accessed 17 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/12378
Other
Edmund Bird/Design for London, Heritage Scoping Study of the Royal Docks Masterplan, September 2010,

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.