Editing Runnymede (section)

=== Urban H. Broughton memorials ===
[[File:LodgeRunnymede.jpg|thumb|Lutyens designed memorial lodge and pier]]
[[File:Runnymede.jpg|left|thumb|125px|Lutyens designed pier commemorating Magna Carta]]

After the death of [[Urban H. Broughton|Urban Broughton]] in 1929, Sir [[Edwin Lutyens]] was commissioned to design a set of twin memorials consisting of large kiosks and posts or "piers" with stone blocks crowned with laurel wreaths and formalised urns at the Egham end and with lodges and piers at the Windsor end. Lutyens also designed a low wide arch bridge to carry the main road over the Thames to the north, integrating the road layout and bridge design into his plans for the memorials. The southern kiosks were moved to their present location when the [[M25 motorway]] was constructed.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1189792|desc=Commemorative urns at roundabout on junction of A30 and A308|grade=II|access-date=8 June 2013}}</ref>

There are two octagonal kiosks with piers facing each other across the A308 towards Egham. These piers are a shorter version of those adjacent to the lodges either side of the same road towards Old Windsor in the Long Mede. The lodges show typical Lutyens design features with steeply angled roofs, large false chimneys and no rainwater gutters at the eaves.

The piers carry similar inscriptions. On one face is the inscription:

{{quote|In these Meads on 15th June 1215 King John at the instance of Deputies from the whole community of the Realm granted the Great Charter the earliest of constitutional documents whereunder ancient and cherished customs were confirmed abuses redressed and the administration of justice facilitated new provisions formulated for the preservation of peace and every individual perpetually secured in the free enjoyment of his life and property.}}

and on the other the words:

{{quote|In perpetual memory of Urban Hanlon Broughton 1857–1929 of Park Close Englefield Green in the county of Surrey Sometime Member of Parliament These meadows of historic interest on 18th December 1929 were gladly offered to the Nation by his widow Cara Lady Fairhaven and his sons [[Baron Fairhaven|Huttleston Lord Fairhaven]] and Henry Broughton}}

The memorials were opened in 1932 by [[Edward VIII]] and are Grade II listed buildings.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1189781|desc=2 lodges at north end of Runnymede Meadow|grade=II}}</ref>