Second World War memorial and associated pavilion shelters, Ilkley Memorial Gardens

Heritage listing

Details Second World War memorial of about 1953, and Pavilion shelters of 1950, designed as a group, possibly by Sir Edward Maufe. Portland stone and sandstone. PLAN: the Second World War memorial and pavilion shelters form part of a memorial garden located at the west end of The Grove, Ilkley's principal shopping street. The garden has an irregular hexagonal shape with the narrowest part at the east end and the second narrowest part at the west end bordering a stream. A First World War memorial (separately listed at Grade II) is located to the centre of the garden, at the end of a tree-lined processional path that runs east-west from a gated main entrance at the east end of the garden. Further secondary gated entrances lie on the north and south roadsides of the garden. The Second World War memorial lies on the same axis as the First World War memorial and is located towards the west end of the garden. It is flanked on each side by shelter pavilions; the three structures arranged around an arcing path. DESCRIPTION: SECOND WORLD WAR MEMORIAL: this memorial is constructed of Portland stone and takes the form of a classical triumphal arch-style memorial shrine with a flat roof and a tripartite east front and set upon a large irregular-hexagonal shaped plinth. The centre bay of the east front is taller and also projects forwards with a tall round-arched opening that forms the shrine's main entrance. The entrance incorporates a prominent keystone and decorative wrought-iron gates that rise just above halfway height. The two flanking bays are narrower and include tall round-arched unglazed window openings in the same style, with wrought-iron railings in the same style and rising to the same height as the entrance gates. The two side returns of these flanking bays each have t

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.