King George V Memorial
The George V monument on the corner of Datchet Road, designed by Lutyens in 1937, is a Portland stone tripartite composition with a central crown on a blocky base flanked by wide shallow basins, echoing his earlier memorials but considered a lesser work.
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Description
Lower down on the corner of Datchet Road, the MONUMENT to George V, ‘first sovereign of the house of Windsor’, 1937 by Lutyens. Portland stone. Centre, a crown on a blocky base. To l. and r. wide, shallow basins. In a line of descent from earlier tripartite memorials by Lutyens, e.g. at Northampton, but not his finest hour. (Tyack et al, 2010, p.710)
Bibliography
Tyack G, Bradley S, Pevsner N (2010) Berkshire. The Buildings of England. New Haven: Yale University Press.
, Butler, A., 1950. The architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens: the Lutyens memorial series. Vol III: Town and Public Buildings: Memorials: The Metropolitan Cathedral, Liverpool, Country Life: London and Scribners: New York.
