Woodside War Memorial

Woodside Green, Woodside, London, SE25 5HQ

Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places

Overview

Tall Portland stone war memorial cross commemorating those who died in the First World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1442666
Date first listed:: 21-Feb-2017
List Entry Name:: Woodside War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Woodside Green, Woodside, London, SE25 5HQ

User submitted image — Uploaded by Dominic Martin This photo may not represent the current condition of the site
View all

Location

Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.

There is a problem

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.

What is the National Heritage List for England?

The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.

The list includes:

🏠 Buildings
🏰 Scheduled monuments
🌳 Parks and gardens
⚔️ Battlefields
⚓ Shipwrecks

Find out more about listing

Historic England Archive

Search over 1 million photographs and drawings from the 1850s to the present day using our images archive.

Find Photos

Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1442666
Date first listed:: 21-Feb-2017
List Entry Name:: Woodside War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Woodside Green, Woodside, London, SE25 5HQ

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

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:: Woodside Green, Woodside, London, SE25 5HQ

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

County:: Greater London Authority
District:: Croydon (London Borough)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: TQ3439467130

Summary

Tall Portland stone war memorial cross commemorating those who died in the First World War.

Reasons for Designation

Woodside War Memorial is listied 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 sacrifices they made in the First World War; * Design: as an imposing Portland stone cross war memorial in a prominent position on Woodside Green.

History

The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across the country. One such memorial was raised in Woodside on Woodside Green as a permanent testament to the sacrifices made by the members of the local community. It was designed by Ebutt & Sons and unveiled on 9th September 1922 in a ceremony attended by Reverend W P Dott and Thomas William Wood Roberts, Mayor of Croydon.

Details

Tall cross with wreath, made of Portland stone. It rests on two plinths; the front of the lower, larger plinth bears the inscription: TO THE UNDYING MEMORY OF / THE 318 MEN OF WOODSIDE / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR. This in turn rests on a four-stepped octagonal base, the bottom-most step considerably wider than the others.

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 07/03/2017

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, 28 July 2017.

Sources

Books and journals
Cox, Ronald, At the Going Down of the Sun... An Account of Croydon's War Memorials, (1992), 31
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 28 July 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/252055
War Memorials Register, accessed 15 December 2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/812

Legal

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