Description

WARE TOWN

TL3514SE BALDOCK STREET
829-1/9/42 (East side)
War Memorial at junction with Church
Street

GV II

War memorial. 1921. Designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.
Portland stone memorial, incorporating central 'cross of
sacrifice', with octagonal shaft and arms, with bronze sword
fixed to face. Base of diminishing octagonal offsets, rising
from central plinth. Screen walls, left and right, incorporate
cast panels with fossil aggregate, with lead lettering
recording names of the casualties. Return ends in Portland
stone, with offset coping with segmental curved profile top,
and moulded pilaster bases. Base of memorial has raised curved
Portland stone step, and red brick herringbone-pattern paving.
(Edwards E and Perman D: Ware's Past In Pictures: Ware: 1991-:
143; Architects in Perspective: Fellows RA: Sir Reginald
Blomfield: London: 1985-: 104, 174).

Listing NGR: TL3562614410

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, 24 July 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26565003

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback