War Memorial in Vivary Park

Heritage listing

Details 1. VIVARY PARK 5365 War Memorial in Vivary Park ST 2224 SE 11/414 II GV 2. About 1920, by I F Shellard. A 26 ft high monucent standing a little to the south of the entrance gates. Granite cenotaph protected by a domed baldachino of ashlar blocks, the whole standing on a stepped plinth. The entablature supporting the dome is carried by Doric columns. Names of the dead are given in letters on the cenotaph. The base is inscribed:- "The Great War 1914-1918. In Grateful Memory of Taunton's Glorious Dead", and to rear:- "Our Land Inviolate, Your Monument". The listed buildings in Vivary Park and Mount Street form a group together with the School, Unitarian Chapel, the Lawn and Mary Street House in Mary Street. Wilton House in Hammets Walk, and Nos 1 to 14 (consec) Upper High Street. Listing NGR: ST2271924144 This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 15 December 2016. Legacy The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System number: 269947 Legacy System: LBS

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.