Eastbourne College Memorial Ground and Lych Gate
Eastbourne College Memorial Ground and Lych Gate
Eastbourne College Memorial Ground and Lych Gate
Eastbourne College Memorial Ground and Lych Gate
Eastbourne College Memorial Ground and Lych Gate
Eastbourne College Memorial Ground and Lych Gate
Eastbourne College Memorial Ground and Lych Gate
Eastbourne College Memorial Ground and Lych Gate
Eastbourne College Memorial Ground and Lych Gate
Eastbourne College Memorial Ground and Lych Gate

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A simple brick-built lych gate leading onto the Memorial Playing Fields. Metal gates are installed at the entrance. Above the entrance is a large inscribed beam and inside the gateway a glazed plaque.
Title

Eastbourne College Memorial Ground and Lych Gate

Date

1956

Medium

stone, wood & brick

Measurements

H 430 x W 350 x D 350 cm

Accession number

BN20_LS_S012

Acquisition method

funded by Eastbourne College

Work type

War memorial

Owner

Eastbourne College

Custodian

Eastbourne College

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

27th July 1956

Access

at all times

Inscription description

on a glazed plaque inside the gateway: THIS GATEWAY AND / THE PLAYING FIELD / BELOW ARE A / MEMORIAL TO THOSE / OLD EASTBOURNIANS / WHO GAVE THEIR / LIVES FOR THEIR / COUNTRY IN THE / SECOND WORLD WAR / THEIR NAMES ARE / RECORDED IN THE / COLLEGE CHAPEL; carved into a large wooden beam above the doorway: 1939 - 1945

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Located at

Paradise Drive, Eastbourne

BN20 8AA

Sited at the entrance to the War Memorial Sports Ground.