Hampton Wick War Memorial
Junction of Hampton Court Road, High Street and Horse Fair, Hampton Wick, London, KT1 4AE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1430664
- Date first listed:
- 19-Nov-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Hampton Wick War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Junction of Hampton Court Road, High Street and Horse Fair, Hampton Wick, London, KT1 4AE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1430664
- Date first listed:
- 19-Nov-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Hampton Wick War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Junction of Hampton Court Road, High Street and Horse Fair, Hampton Wick, London, KT1 4AE
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
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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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Junction of Hampton Court Road, High Street and Horse Fair, Hampton Wick, London, KT1 4AE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Richmond upon Thames (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ1754769367
Summary
First World War memorial, 1921, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Hampton Wick War Memorial, which stands at the junction of Hampton Court Road, Horse Fair and High Street, 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;
* Group value: the memorial stands within the registered park of Hampton Court (Grade I).
History
Hampton Wick War Memorial was unveiled on 3 May 1921, commemorating 47 local servicemen who died during the First World War. In 1933 the memorial was floodlit using gas from the Hampton Wick Gas Company. Following the Second World War a further 17 names were added to commemorate those who fell during that conflict.
Details
The memorial stands in a small memorial garden on the south side of the road junction to the west of Kingston Bridge (Grade II*-listed), within the registered park of Hampton Court (Grade I). It comprises a stone cross in the Art Deco style, surmounting a rectangular plinth. The plinth is flanked to the right and left by stone blocks and has an additional small rectangular tablet to the front at the foot of the plinth, all of which carry inscriptions. The memorial stands on a three-stepped, square, stone base.
The general inscription on the front face of the plinth reads PARISH OF HAMPTON WICK/ 1914-1918/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE BRAVE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ 1939-1945/ (13 NAMES). The two blocks on either side of the plinth bear the names of 47 men from Hampton Wick who lost their lives during the First World War. The small tablet bears four names.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 27th July 2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/47787
Hampton Wick Remembers, accessed 27th July 2015 from http://www.hwremembers.org.uk/warmemorial/warmemorial.php
War Memorials Online, accessed 27 July 2015 from www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/134603
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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