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THE
accompanying design illustrates a portion of the war memorial
scheme promoted by Old Millhillians. In considering the nature
of the proposed memorial the committee decided to apportion
the fund between the erection of a new science building and
the rearing of a monument in memory of Millhillians who died
for their country. A Gate of Honour, to be used only in special
ceremonies, was the idea which appealed most strongly to the
committee, and the architect has designed the memorial to
suit that purpose.
The nature of the existing school buildings determined
the character of the design, which has been kept extremely
simple, all suggestion of incorporating sculpture having
been rigorously opposed, the intention being that the
monument should express a large general idea rather than
display any details of circumstance, with the important
qualification that, as desired by the donors, all the
names of those in whose honour the memorial is to stand
(numbering more than 1,000) should be suitably inscribed
within the memorial. This special requirement is the keynote
of the design, and panels are provided for this purpose.
The gateway is to be erected in front of, and centrally
with, he main school building, and happily the ground
here falls in such a manner as to admit of a simple but
dignified treatment of stone steps arranged to lead up
to the central monument. On the side facing the school
building a paved stone terrace will be formed as a simple
foreground to the memorial. The monument |
LAY-OUT
OF MILL HILL SCHOOL WAR MEMORIAL. |
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is
to be built of Portland stone, with a coffered panelled
ceiling of cedarwood enriched with colour. The gates will
be of bronze, and arranged to slide into the thickness
of the stonework. The carved stone panels will be in low
relief. The capitals to the central fluted columns are
a delicate free treatment of the Corinthian order. There
will be a short inscription carved on the frieze of the
entablature. The names to be recorded on the panels within
the memorial will be carved in the stone in alphabetical
order, and the names of those who have fallen will be
gilded. The design is the work of Mr. Stanley Hamp, of
Messrs. Collcutt & Hamp, architects. |
