Chiswick War Memorial

East corner of Turnham Green at the junction of Chiswick High Road and Prospect Place

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War memorial unveiled 1921 with additional inscription following the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1424996
Date first listed:: 31-Mar-2015
List Entry Name:: Chiswick War Memorial
Statutory Address:: East corner of Turnham Green at the junction of Chiswick High Road and Prospect Place

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1424996
Date first listed:: 31-Mar-2015
List Entry Name:: Chiswick War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: East corner of Turnham Green at the junction of Chiswick High Road and Prospect Place

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: East corner of Turnham Green at the junction of Chiswick High Road and Prospect Place

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:: TQ2065978460

Summary

War memorial unveiled 1921 with additional inscription following the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Chiswick war memorial, Turnham Green, unveiled in 1921, with Second World War additions, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * 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; * Architectural interest: as an accomplished and well-realised war memorial which takes the form of an obelisk.

History

The memorial to the fallen of the First World War was designed by Edward Willis FSI, Engineer and Architect to the Chiswick Urban District Council, and built by Messrs Fenning and Co of Hammersmith. It was unveiled on 13 November 1921 at a ceremony presided over by the Duke of Devonshire and the Bishop of London. Willis was also responsible for the design of the Memorial Fund's Chiswick War Memorial Rest Homes, Burlington Lane, Chiswick. Housing disabled servicemen, these were completed in the same year.

The monument was originally surrounded by metal railings which have since been removed.

Details

War memorial unveiled in 1921, designed by Edward Willis.

MATERIALS: Cornish granite.

PLAN: located at the eastern corner of Turnham Green, the memorial consists of an obelisk set on a square earthen mound topped with granite paving and a low tubular bronze rail running between bevelled square granite piers. The rail continues down a flight of five granite steps on the north-east side of the monument.

DESCRIPTION: the obelisk is set on a plinth with a moulded top and two-stepped base. The shaft has a bronze laurel wreath and the plinth bears a bronze plaque with the legend ‘IN GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF CHISWICK/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914…1918’. The upper step of the base is inscribed, ‘AND IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945’.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURE: the mound is bordered by a stone kerb.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 16 February 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 27 January 2015 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/152015
War Memorials Register, accessed 16 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/12061

Legal

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