War Memorial
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Location
| Street: | Steine Gardens |
| Town: | Brighton |
| Parish: | Brighton |
| Council: | Brighton & Hove City Council |
| County: | East Sussex |
| Postcode: | BN1 |
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| Object setting: | Garden |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | Facing south on Old Steine |
| In the AZ book: | East Sussex |
| Page: | 162 |
| Grid reference: | F9 |
| The A-Z books used are A-Z East Sussex and A-Z West Sussex (Editions 1A 2005). Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd. Sevenoaks. | |
| OS Reference: | TQ310060 |
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Makers
| Name : | H. Cashmore |
| Role: | Letter carver |
| Name : | C. Kerridge Jnr. |
| Qualify: | and |
| Name : | John W. Simpson |
| Role: | Architect |
| Qualify: | and |
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General Information
| Unveiling date: | 07/10/1922 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Brighton & Hove City Council |
| Object listing: | Grade II: of special interest warranting every effort to preserve them |
| Listing date: | 26/08/1999 |
| Description: | A large memorial pool with a fountain in the centre. At one end of the pool is a colonnade of four-sided stone columns in a stepped ‘U’-shape. At the centre is a semi-enclosed temple formed by a tall rectangular panel of stone filling the space between two columns and a roof surmounted by a small stone dome. Theatres of WWI are carved in the stone panel facing the pond and on the inside of the temple space there is a metal inscription plaque and a stone altar table. The upper part of the dedicatory panel has a wreath and festoon of laurels. Four smaller panels on the frieze contain the arms of the chief county towns |
| Inscription: | WE CHEERED YOU FORTH NOBLE AND KIND AND BRAVE UNDER YOUR COUNTRYS TRIUMPHING FLAG YOU FELL IT FLOATS TRUE HEARTS OVER EACH QUIET GRAVE BRAVE AND NOBLE AND KIND HAIL AND FAREWELL Above the columns, around the top of the south face, carved letters: A GOOD LIFE HATH ITS NUMBER OF DAYS BUT A GOOD NAME SHALL CONTINUE FOR EVER Bronze plaque, back of the central altar, facing north: THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THE SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN OF BRIGHTON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR 1914-1918 THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945 AND SUBSEQUENT CAMPAIGNS THEIR NAMES ARE RECORDED IN THE BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER |
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Classification
| Categories: | Military, Composite, Architectural, Commemorative |
| Object type1: | War memorial |
| Object subtype1: | WWI and WWII |
| Subject type1: | Symbolic |
| Subject type2: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Inscribed pillars |
| Material: | Portland stone faced with bronze |
| Height (cm): | 230 |
| Width (cm): | 80 |
| Depth (cm): | 80 |
| Part 2: | Colonnade (altar side) |
| Material: | Portland stone |
| Height (cm): | 320 |
| Width (cm): | 1100 |
| Depth (cm): | 220 |
| Part 3: | Main colonnaded altar |
| Material: | Portland stone |
| Height (cm): | 400 |
| Width (cm): | 360 |
| Depth (cm): | 220 |
| Part 4: | Colonnaded pool and fountain |
| Material: | Portland stone |
| Height (cm): | 320 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 17/04/2007 |
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History
| History: | ‘…the monument which is to be erected in the Steine Gardens…the centre-piece is in the form of an altar stone, which will bear suitable inscriptions. This is connected by a short colonnade with pergolas, each composed of four columns upholding a roof. The monument is shown reflected in the water of the pool which is to be formed in front. The pool will be surrounded with a stone edging, decorated with urns. The picture also indicates the steps, whereon wreaths may be placed. The erection of this memorial involves the removal of the statue of George IV to a site to be chosen in the Royal Pavilion.
(Brighton Herald Saturday October 15 1921) The memorial was unveiled by Earl Beatty and contains the names of 2,597 men and 3 women from Brighton who lost their lives in the First World War. It was designed in the form of a Roman Water Garden. The water represents the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy and the memorial gardens represent the British Army and Royal Air Force. (City News (Brighton), August / September 2004, page 10.) |
| Hard archive file: | Yes |
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References
| Source 1 : | |
| Title: | 'Open Air Statues and Memorials' - New Pamphlet Box 17 (typed paper, 2 pages) |
| Type: | Archive |
| Location: | Brighton History Centre |
| Catalogue reference: | JLR 6/5/87 |
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| Title: | Brighton Herald |
| Type: | Newspaper |
| Date: | 15/10/1921 |
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| Title: | City News (Brighton) |
| Type: | Newspaper |
| Date: | 00/09/2004 |
| Page: | 10 |
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Photographs
Date: 17/04/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Date: 17/04/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
 Date: 17/04/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Date: 17/04/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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