Replication: The Christchurch War Memorial

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CHRISTCHURCH WAR MEMORIAL

(1921, reproduced in 1987)

location:

Lancaster Gate, Kensington, London

client:

Margaret & Richard Davies and Associates

The Christchurch War Memorial was erected in 1921. The memorial consists of a Portland stone plinth with a pedestal surrounded by an octagonal shaft; this supports a stone tabernacle topped with a gilded crucifix.

The memorial was partially destroyed in the storm of 1987: the tabernacle was retrieved, but the gilded bronze crucifix, the column shaft and the upper embellishments were lost.

Our part in the project was to remake the missing gilded crucifix and design and make its fixings.

Archive photo of the original memorial

We modelled and cast the crucifix, the decorative orbs below and the figure of Christ in bronze. The elements were put together then leaf gilded, as per the original.

The cricifix and orbs were then securely fixed into the restored tabernacle and column.

The new, gilded bronze elements during installation

The memorial after completion of all works.

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