Orpington War memorial

Heritage listing

Details 785/0/10139 STATION ROAD 24-APR-07 War Memorial SEVENOAKS ROAD War Memorial SPUR ROAD War Memorial HIGH STREET War Memorial II War memorial, 1921, designed by Charles Heaton Comyn, with World War II commemorations added later. MATERIALS: Portland stone with cast iron sculptures. DESCRIPTION: Triangular column, approximately 5 metres high and 13.7 metres in diameter, which stands on a separate, shallow pentagonal base. The column measures about two metres at the base and tapers slightly to a small pointed peak at the top. At each corner are short, square columns about 1 metre high, which jut out from the main structure, surmounted by cast iron lion sculptures. Each side has the names of the fallen inscribed in the lower sections. The summit of the principal side, that faces into the roundabout (east), is engraved with the Horse Rampant (the Kent county symbol); the other sides have a simple cross. The principal elevation has the dedication which reads: 'Pro Patria/ (Names)/ in memory of the/ men of Orpington/ who laid down their/ lives in the/ Great War 1914-1918'. A separate dedication following the second unveiling in 1999 reads: 'The memorials containing the names of the fallen of/ the Second World War and subsequent conflicts/ were unveiled on Sunday 1st August 1999 by/ the Lord Imbert, QPM, JP/ Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant of Greater London'. On the side facing the high street (north) there is plaque: 'Orpington Urban District/ to the memory of those in the/ services and the residents of this/ district who died in the World War/ 1939-1945'. HISTORY: The memorial was designed by Charles Heaton Comyn FRIBA of Orpington, built by Messrs Farmer and Brindley of Westminster Bridge Road, London, with three cast iron lions by Messrs Thomas Elsley & Co. of Great Tit

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.