Listed Building: WAR MEMORIAL (1085201)
Grade | II |
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Authority | |
Volume/Map/Item | 1350, 7, 145 |
Date assigned | 05 July 1993 |
Date last amended |
Description
BENENDEN TQ8133 THE STREET 1350-0/7/145 (North East side) War Memorial GV II War Memorial. c.1920, Sculptor Albert Toft, cast at Albion Art Foundry, Parsons Green. Bronze seated statue of female in flowing robes, leaning on a shield and holding laurel wreath in her left hand on rectangular stepped stone plinth about 7 feet 6 inches long. Inscription on bronze plaque at the top of the plinth reads "To the memory of the men of Benenden who fought and died for justice and liberty in the Great War 1914-18. Their name liveth for evermore". On a bronze plaque below are inscribed the names of local men who died in the 1st World War and below those who died in the Second World War.
Listing NGR: TQ8101132862
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Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
Grid reference | TQ 8101 3286 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ83SW |
Civil Parish | BENENDEN, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Nov 16 2006 5:21PM