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WAR MEMORIAL
High Street, Potters Bar,
Hertfordshire.
The Memorial was moved to its present position at the junction of The Causeway and Hatfield Road.
Potters Bar War Memorial
commemorates the 70 fallen of WWI and the 56 of WWII who came from Potters Bar,
Little Heath and Bentley Heath. It was originally sited at the convergence of
Hatfield Road and The Causeway but was moved in 1972/3 to make holding
remembrance services easier; there was also the possibility that there was to be
a roundabout at its original location though this never came to pass (as at
2013).
The monument is
in quite an unusual style being Gothic revival with an Arts & Crafts influence.
In the Pevsner guide to Hertfordshire, he remarks on the interesting lettering
used on the roll of honour. The architect was Charles Francis Annesley Voysey
(1857 - 1941) and it dates from 1920, being
unveiled by Rear Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey.
The original inscription on the western façade reads:
To the glory of God & in memory of the men of Potters
Bar Little Heath & Bentley Heath who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918
by their sacrifice we live.
After the Second World War, the following was added:
Also to the memory of the men who gave their lives in
World War II 1939-1945.
Source:
www.geograph.org.uk.
Portland stone. Tall base surmounted by Free Gothic
column and cross.
Cornice to pedestal which
has a dedicatory inscription and,
on the other 3 sides, the
names of war dead all inscribed in fine gold lettering.
Octagonal column with concave sides and a loosely foliate capital.
Diagonal buttresses to pedestal with finials and
flying buttresses to column.
Similar flying buttresses to iron gold painted cross.
Re-erected 1973 on a stepped circular base on the
site of the demolished Church of St. John the Baptist.
Source:
Pevsner 1977.
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Link > www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk
Link > https://historicengland.org.uk
Link > www.iwm.org.uk
Link > www.geograph.org.uk (1)
Link > www.geograph.org.uk (2)
Link > www.geograph.org.uk (3)
Link > www.visitoruk.com/PottersBar
Link > Image of the original place of the Memorial on www.jbarchive.co.uk
Photographs and Drawings Courtesy of The Royal Institute
of British Architects.
Photographs, drawings, perspectives and other design
patterns
at the Royal Institut of British Architects Drawings and
Photographs Collection.
Images can be purchased.
The RIBA can supply you with conventional photographic or
digital copies
of any of the images featured in
RIBApix.
Link > RIBA Drawings Collection: War memorial Potters Bar
Link > RIBA Drawings Collection: all Voysey Images
NOTES: The monument was re-erected in 1973 on a stepped
circular base on the site of the demolished Church of St. John the Baptist. The
memorial is Grade II listed. (RIBA)
References:
The Architect, CIV, 1920, p. 426.
The Builder, CIXX, 1920, p. 575.
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