HM Transports Memorial
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Location
| Street: | South Way |
| Town: | Newhaven |
| Parish: | Newhaven |
| Council: | Lewes District Council |
| County: | East Sussex |
| Postcode: | BN9 |
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| Object setting: | Garden |
| and in: | Road or Wayside |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | War Memorial Garden, near to west side of swing bridge on South Way |
| In the AZ book: | East Sussex |
| Page: | 149 |
| Grid reference: | K5 |
| 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: | TQ440010 |
| Previous location: | Junction of Chapel Street and South Road (moved 2006) |
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Makers
| Name : | C.T. Hooper |
| Role: | Designer |
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General Information
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Newhaven Town Council |
| Object listing: | Not listed |
| Description: | An obelisk sat on a square base of three steps with rough hewn posts at each corner that hold chains surrounding the memorial. The stone obelisk has an inset grey granite inscribed panel on each side with black painted lettering. The obelisk has an oval panel carved into the stone on each side near the top which bear on the SE face, an anchor, NW face, a lifering, SW face, a ship's wheel and NE face, a ship's propellor. Surmounting the obelisk is a stone sphere with a round glass lantern atop. |
| Inscription: | THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE CAPTAINS, OFFICERS AND SEAMEN, OF H.M. TRANSPORTS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES WHILST SAILING FROM THIS PORT DURING THE GREAT WAR, 1914 TO 1918, AND ALSO IN COMMEMORATION OF THE VALUABLE SERVICES RENDERED BY THE MERCANTILE MARINE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM DURING THE WAR There is a small concrete flower pot below this inscribed: PRESENTED BY WOMEN'S SECTION BRITISH LEGION NEWHAVEN The other granite panels hold the names of the fallen. |
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Classification
| Categories: | Commemorative, Military, Free Standing |
| Object type1: | Shaft |
| Object subtype1: | Obelisk |
| Object type2: | War memorial |
| Object subtype1: | World War I |
| Subject type1: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Stepped (3) base with corner posts |
| Material: | Stone |
| Height (cm): | 40 |
| Width (cm): | 280 |
| Depth (cm): | 280 |
| Part 2: | Obelisk |
| Material: | Stone set with grey granite panels |
| Height (cm): | 200 |
| Width (cm): | 90 |
| Depth (cm): | 90 |
| Part 3: | Ball and lantern |
| Material: | Stone, metal and glass |
| Height (cm): | 100 |
| Width (cm): | 50 |
| Depth (cm): | 50 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Condition 1 of type: | Surface |
| Condition 1: | Surface spalling, crumbling |
| Condition 2: | Abrasions, cracks, splits |
| Condition 3: | Corrosion, Deterioration |
| More details: | General weather-wearing. Granite panels and lettering in good condition. |
| Condition 2 of type: | Structural |
| Condition 1: | Cracks, splits, breaks, holes |
| Condition 2: | Broken or missing parts |
| More details: | There are small chips to all sides of the obelisk. The stone is faced with render that is coming away in places on all four sides. The lantern appears defunct. There are some gaps between the stones of the base where the render has fallen out. |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 16/04/2007 |
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History
| Hard archive file: | Yes |
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References
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Photographs
Date: 16/04/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Date: 16/04/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
 Date: 16/04/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Date: 16/04/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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