Ilford War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details The following buildings shall be added: TQ 48 NW 937-/05/10005 ILFORD EASTERN AVENUE Ilford 1914-18 War Memorial II Memorial Hall. Small single-storey octagonal structure, formerly attached to the children's wing of the King George Hospital, and built in 1927 to commemorate Ilford soldiers who died in the First World War. Designed by C J Dawson & Allardyce, architects. Red brick with stone dressing. No windows. Two doorways, one on memorial gardens side, one opposite on the hospital side. Stone door surrounds and cornice, foundation stones and tablet. Concrete coping. Metal and glass ceiling dome. Metal doors. Tablet above entrance inscribed: 'ILFORD WAR MEMORIAL/ CHILDREN'S WING/ ERECTED A.D. 1927.' Foundation stone to right of entrance inscribed 'This stone was laid by Lady Wise, wife of Sir Frederic Wise, member 1926.' Stone set into the brick to the left of the entrance inscribed: 'This stone was laid by Walter H. Stevens Chairman of the Ilford War Memorial Fund 6 Nov. 1926.' INTERIOR: Moulded stone surrounds to doors on two sides of the octagon; remaining six sides covered with marble slabs inscribed with the names of the dead. Minimal ceiling cornice. Tablet above doorway to hospital inscribed 'Wing opened in 1927 by Lady Patricia Ramsay, H.R.H Princess Patricia.' White marble floor tiles with black tiles in centre and black border. Metal door frames with glazed panels. Fittings: apart from name slabs, two pairs of crossed flagpoles on facing sides. TQ 48 NW ILFORD EASTERN AVENUE 937-/05/10006 Memorial Gardens War Memorial II War Memorial. Unveiled 1922 to commemorate the soldiers from Ilford who died in the 1914-1918 war. Stone obelisk surmounted by a cross on tall stone plinth raised on three steps. Bronze life-size figure of a soldier on the south side

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.