Description

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SU 90 NW EASTERGATE Eastergate Memorial

7/10021 II

War memorial. Circa 1920. Sculptor Morris Harding RBS SO. Catafalque type structure built
of solid stone blocks, six courses in height with the top course shaped to represent a mound on
which a full sized lion sits. Below the lion's paws is a carved wreath surrounding a FOR
VALOUR inscription carved in Art Nouveau style. Below this on the front face of the
cenotaph is an eleven line inscription in bold and well spaced capitals defining the purpose of
the memorial. Names carved round the base. A remarkably realistic effect at the rear is the
handling of the lion's tail. The whole is a dignified piece of symbolism, somewhat in the
manner of Lutyens, highly original in concept and imaginatively sited. Additions have been
made for the Second World War.

Listing NGR: SU9440305591

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, 6 December 2016.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26564117

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)