Elveden, Eriswell And Icklingham memorial column - Eriswell Heath - The Brecks, Suffolk
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Monument by Clyde Francis Young, unveiled 1921. A war memorial to the First World War dead of the three parishes of Eriswell, Icklingham and Elveden: a Corinthian column, over 30 metres high and surmounted by an urn. Second World War additions.
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Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/02/2018
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Monument by Clyde Francis Young, unveiled 1921. A war memorial to the First World War dead of the three parishes of Eriswell, Icklingham and Elveden: a Corinthian column, over 30 metres high and surmounted by an urn on a capital with Vitruvian scroll. Second World War additions.
"The Elveden War Memorial is a war memorial to the First World War dead. It is situated at the meeting of the three parishes of Eriswell, Icklingham and Elveden to which the monument honours. The names of the dead of each parish are listed separately on three of the sides of the column's base. To the original WWI listings there are also WWII additions. The fourth (NW) side has a locked door that is used to access the inside of the column and via a spiral staircase to get to the upper parts of the monument. Small slits in the column's sides are used to light its interior and can be easily seen from the outside.
It is a Corinthian column 127 feet (39 m) tall, made of Weldon Stone and surmounted by an urn of Portland stone. Edward Cecil Guinness owner of Elvden commissioned the architect Clyde Francis Young to design and build the column which took 2 years to erect and was completed in 1921. It was listed in 1954 and is now a Grade 2* listed structure.
War monuments of this type and height are rare and it is thought that the design was inspired by the 120 feet (37 m) Coke Column or Leicester Monument which is located at the relatively close Holkham estate in Norfolk. Perhaps in an act of one-up-manship, the Thetford monument is slightly taller than its close by companion but out of tact is shorter that Nelson's Column in London (144 feet (44 m) )
It is close to the A11, where there is a lay-by which can be used to visit the site."
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