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Plaque to General Sir Walter Norris Congreve VC KCB MVO DL

Catalogue No. C0153
Dates of Construction: circa 1927
Location: Staffordshire, England
Client:
Purpose of Building:Private Memorials & Graves
Category:Private Memorials
Historic England Listing Number:1273551
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Number:

Two elegant classical white-marble wall tablets by Sir Edwin Lutyens commemorate General Sir Walter Congreve and William Congreve VC, featuring coloured marble borders and C17 revival broken pediments, alongside a C19 octagonal Perpendicular-style font.

Description

A pair of elegant classical wall tablets are by Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944), to General Sir Walter Congreve (d 1927), governor of Malta, and William Congreve VC (d 1916 in the Battle of the Somme). They are of white marble with green and orange marble borders respectively, and have broken pediments with achievements in a C17 revival manner. The C19 octagonal font is Perpendicular style. (Historic England, list entry 1273551)

Bibliography

Historic England.
CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST. [Online] Available from: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1273551,

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