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War Memorial in St John the Evangelist Churchyard in Glenthorne Road (Now part of Godolphin and Latymer School campus)
Rosemary Pettit reports the following good news on the dilapidated state of the War Memorial which she raised with the Council :
On 4 January, Adam O’Neill, one of the Council’s Urban Design and Conservation Officer wrote :
Last year I requested that Historic England assess the war memorial for listing, their (brief) consultation report is available using the link in the email below.
In the meantime Godolphin & Latymer School have made an application for a repairs grant to the War Memorials Trust.
I will update you again when Historic England issue their decision.
On 4 January, Katy Whitaker, Assistant Advisor, War Memorials, Historic England wrote to Adam O’Neill :
Further to our previous correspondence, I am writing to advise you that we have completed our initial assessment of the above memorial to consider whether it has special architectural or historic interest.
Please follow this link to download a copy of our consultation report, which sets out the factual information upon which we will base our recommendation to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
If you have any further information or observations on the consultation report which you believe might be relevant to our assessment we would be pleased to hear from you. You can send these to us by email or by post within 21 days from the date of this email . If you do not intend to send us any further comments we would be grateful if you could let us know so that we can proceed with the case. We will consider all representations made before finalising our assessment and making our recommendation. We will notify you of the Secretary of State’s decision in due course.
If you have any questions in the meantime please do not hesitate to contact me, quoting our reference 1432046. Further guidance on how to respond to this consultation and the type of information we are interested in can be found on our website at www.historicengland.org.uk.
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