War Memorial at United Reformed Church

Highgate United Reformed Church, Pond Square Chapel, Highgate, Camden, Greater London, N6 6BJ

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

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1431832
Date first listed:: 05-Jan-2016
List Entry Name:: War Memorial at United Reformed Church
Statutory Address:: Highgate United Reformed Church, Pond Square Chapel, Highgate, Camden, Greater London, N6 6BJ

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1431832
Date first listed:: 05-Jan-2016
List Entry Name:: War Memorial at United Reformed Church
Statutory Address 1:: Highgate United Reformed Church, Pond Square Chapel, Highgate, Camden, Greater London, N6 6BJ

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:: Highgate United Reformed Church, Pond Square Chapel, Highgate, Camden, Greater London, N6 6BJ

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:: TQ2836987317

Summary

First World War memorial. Erected c1920 to the design of Herbert Ibberson.

Reasons for Designation

The First World War memorial at United Reformed 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 cross crosslet set upon a tapering stone shaft, square plinth and stepped base; * Group value: it stands alongside the Grade II listed United Reformed Church, and adjacent to the listed houses on Pond Square.

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 the design of Herbert Ibberson to commemorate residents of Highgate who died during the conflict. The memorial was restored in 2015.

Details

First World War memorial. Erected c1920 to the design of Herbert Ibberson.

MATERIALS: carved from limestone with granite panels.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands to the north-west of Highgate United Reformed Church. It comprises a cross crosslet with foliage decoration to the arms, set on a tapering octagonal shaft, c.3m high, with a moulded base. This in turn rests on a chamfered square plinth and a two-tiered stepped base, together c.0.9m high. On each side of the plinth is a granite panel. The front panel bears an inscription in lead lettering: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ THE MEN WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919. The other three panels are inscribed with the names of 27 men who died during the conflict.

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
War Memorials Online, accessed 9 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/190480
War Memorials Register, accessed 9 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/11075

Legal

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