Marlborough College Memorial Hall

Marlborough College Memorial Hall WW2 names A-L - Taken by Colin McIntyre 01 Jan 1985

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Marlborough College Memorial Hall WW2 names L-Z - Taken by Colin McIntyre 01 Jan 1985

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Marlborough College Memorial Hall - a few WW1 names - Taken by Colin McIntyre 01 Jan 1985

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Marlborough College WMH, date of photo estimated as not stated by IWM - Taken by © Jeremey Greville-Heygate (WMR-24135) 01 Nov 2016

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Reference WMO/200069

Address:

Marlborough College

Bath Road

Marlborough

SN8 1PA

England

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Status: On original site

Type: Freestanding

Location: External

Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace

Description: Hall

Materials:

Stone Stone (any)

Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque

Conflicts:

First World War (1914-1918)
Second World War (1939-1945)

About the memorial: Memorial Hall with 2 entrance doors separated by 8 columns. The square vestibule inside has an inner oak lobby with leather covered doors leading into the auditorium at the back of the seats. On the wall below the windows at the rear of the auditorium are the Ancaster stone tablets of WW1 names with initials in red and the rest in grey colouring. On the walls on either side of the door of a wing off the auditorium are the marble tablets of WW2 names.

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The Memorial Hall is the College's principal memorial to the 749 men who gave their lives in World War I. It was opened by H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught on May 23rd, 1925.
The hall stands to the west of the Court (at the centre of the College) and is linked to the chapel by means of stone steps leading down to the its brick-paved forecourt.It was designed to have a maximum capacity of about 800.

The hall was built by Messrs Holloways of London at a cost of £53,000. The design was the result of a competition between Old Marlburian architects, the adjudicator being Sir John Simpson, President of the Royal Institute of British Architects. The winning design was that of William Newton.

The hall itself comprises a semi-circular auditorium of stepped seats with an ambulatory at the rear to allow inspection of the 749 names carved in alphabetical order and without reference to rank around the inside of the back of the hall.

The large hanging curtains at the back of the hall, together with the cork floor of the ambulatory, serve to deaden noise and to encourage an atmosphere of thoughtfulness. At the back of the building, there is a separate entrance giving access to a series of music practice rooms located under the ambulatory.

The stone-paved terrace immediately in front of the Hall is in York stone, with a single square of green Connemara marble in front of each of the two entrances.

The façade of the hall towards the forecourt consists of two large entrance lobbies linked together by eight massive stone columns which screen the back wall of the stage and give a monumental character to the whole building.

In the centre of the hall's forecourt there is a hexagonal flower bed surrounded on each side by a large flower pot. The six flower pots represent the six years (1914-1919 inc.) during which the 749 men died. Originally, the flower bed was a pool of remembrance, paved with blue and gold mosaic. It was converted in the 1980s after serious leaks developed.

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Grade II (England)

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https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1259066

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1259066

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