Listed Building: CRIMEAN WAR MEMORIAL ARCH AND GATES, BROMPTON BARRACKS (1375607)
Grade | II* |
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Authority | |
Volume/Map/Item | 686-1, 3, 28 |
Date assigned | 08 July 1998 |
Date last amended |
Description
TQ7669 SW GILLINGHAM PASLEY ROAD
(West Side), Brompton
3/28 Crimean War Memorial Arch
and Gates, Brompton
Barracks
GV II*
Memorial Arch. 1856 by Matthew Digby Wyatt with cast-iron gates. Tripartite archway with keyed round arches, enriched frieze, cornice, foliate brackets flanking taller central arch with a raised inscribed parapet. Pilaster strips have inset inscribed panels and central roundels, relief figures holding flags to upper spandrels, and coffered soffits. Upper entablature inscribed UBIQUE (the Royal Engineers' motto); QUO FASET ET GLORIA DUCUNT. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: decorative bronze gates with wickets to smaller arches. Part of an axially-planned group with the Barracks, Institute and Boer War memorial arch (qqv).
Listing NGR: TQ7637169063
External Links (0)
Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
Grid reference | TQ 7637 6906 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ76NE |
Civil Parish | GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Nov 15 2006 5:35PM