Bedford Park War Memorial
Bedford Park War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1422868
- Date first listed:
- 07-Jan-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Bedford Park War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Bedford Park War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1422868
- Date first listed:
- 07-Jan-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Bedford Park War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Bedford Park War Memorial
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:
- Bedford Park War Memorial
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Hounslow (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ2121378908
Summary
War memorial. Erected c1919-20. Designed by Inigo Triggs.
Reasons for Designation
Bedford Park war memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Architectural interest: a distinctive memorial in the uncommon form of an outdoor seat, designed by Inigo Triggs, a notable architect and landscape designer of the early C20;
* Group value: with the Church of St Michael and All Angels, listed Grade II*;
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impacts of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it made in the conflicts of the C20.
History
The war memorial commemorates the 44 men of Bedford Park who fell in the Great War 1914-18. It was paid for by public subscription. The date of its unveiling is unclear; the original design for a memorial seat, which would "form a resting place, and also remind them of the resting place to which their dear ones had gone" was agreed at a public meeting in October 1917 (Chiswick Times, 12 October 1917), but this was subsequently modified. It originally stood at the junction of Bath Road and Woodstock Road, and was moved to its present position in 1994.
The Chiswick-born architect and landscape designer Henry Benjamin Inigo Triggs (1876-1923), who studied at Chiswick School of Art in Bedford Park, designed a number of war memorials of distinctive character.
Details
War memorial. Erected c1919-20. Designed by Inigo Triggs.
The structure is of Portland stone with neo-classical detailing, and takes the form of a tripartite seat with bold scrolled arm rests and ends. It is curved on plan, comprising three segmental curves. The high back bears a frieze with a series of inset slate panels inscribed with the names of the Fallen; these were installed in 1994 to replace the stolen bronze originals. The raised central section has a plaque inscribed: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF / MEN OF BEDFORD PARK / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE SERVICE OF / THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918; above is a Doric frieze and cornice.
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.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 16 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/12047
War Memorials Online, accessed 16 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/111798
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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