War Memorial at the Church of St Anne

Churchyard of St Anne's Church, 106 Highgate West Hill, London, N6 6AP

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Overview

First World War memorial. Erected c1920. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1431821
Date first listed:: 05-Jan-2016
List Entry Name:: War Memorial at the Church of St Anne
Statutory Address:: Churchyard of St Anne's Church, 106 Highgate West Hill, London, N6 6AP

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1431821
Date first listed:: 05-Jan-2016
List Entry Name:: War Memorial at the Church of St Anne
Statutory Address 1:: Churchyard of St Anne's Church, 106 Highgate West Hill, London, N6 6AP

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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Location

Statutory Address:: Churchyard of St Anne's Church, 106 Highgate West Hill, London, N6 6AP

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

County:: Greater London Authority
District:: Camden (London Borough)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: TQ2822686471

Summary

First World War memorial. Erected c1920.

Reasons for Designation

The First World War Memorial at St Anne’s Church, Highgate, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20; * Design: an elegant botonée cross set upon a tapering shaft, trapezoidal plinth and square base; * Group value: it stands alongside the Grade II listed St Anne’s Church, and adjacent to the Grade II listed early C19 villas on Highgate West Hill.

History

The aftermath of the First World War saw a huge wave of public commemoration with tens of thousands of memorials erected across the country. One such memorial was erected in circa 1920 to commemorate residents of Highgate who died during the conflict.

Details

First World War memorial. Erected c1920.

MATERIALS: carved from granite.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands in the churchyard of St Anne’s Church. It is south-west of the tower of the Grade II listed church. The memorial comprises a botonée cross set upon a capital at the head of a tapering octagonal shaft, c.3m high. It rises from a trapezoidal plinth on a two-stage square base, together 1.5m high. The plinth is inscribed with 141 names. Beneath it, on the east face of the lower base, is the inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN SACRED MEMORY OF/ OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ FROM THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918. On the west face are the words: TRUE LOVE BY LIFE, TRUE LOVE BY DEATH IS TRIED/ LIVE THOU FOR ENGLAND, WE FOR ENGLAND DIED.

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, 9 February 2017.

Sources

Websites
London Remembers: St Anne’s Church WW1 Memorial. , accessed 14 November 2015 from http://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/st-anne-s-church-ww1-memorial
War Memorials Online, accessed 9 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/196172
War Memorials Register, accessed 9 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/12632

Legal

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