First World War Memorial at the Church of St Mark, Kennington is a Grade II listed building in the Lambeth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 October 2018. Memorial.
First World War Memorial at the Church of St Mark, Kennington
- WRENN ID
- crooked-barrel-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lambeth
- Constituency
- Vauxhall and Camberwell Green MP: Florence Eshalomi (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 October 2018
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- First World War Memorial at the Church of St Mark, Kennington, St Mark's Churchyard, Kennington Park Road, Oval, London Borough of Lambeth, SE11 4PW
- OS grid reference
- TQ 311 775
- Coordinates
- 51.48158, -0.11236
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The First World War memorial at the Church of St Mark in Kennington was erected in 1921. It is made of granite and is located to the west of the church, which is also a Grade II*-listed building, within a landscaped area near the Grade II-listed walls and piers surrounding the churchyard.
The memorial features a tall Latin cross with a tapering shaft that rises from a high square plinth. The plinth has a tapering cap with a cornice underneath, and each face includes a band along the top with a stone panel displaying inscriptions and names in raised, leaded lettering. Engaged columns are inset at the corners of the plinth. This plinth rests on a square block with pairs of corbels attached to each face, which sits atop a moulded foot that has projecting rectangular blocks at the center of each side. The entire structure is elevated on a three-stepped base.
The main inscription is on the west face and reads: "TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD/ AND IN/ HONOURED/ MEMORY OF/ THE MEN/ FROM THIS/ PARISH AND/ NEIGHBOURHOOD/ WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ 'MAY WE IN/ FAITH AND/ HONOUR KEEP/ THAT PEACE/ FOR WHICH/ THEY PAID'." The names of the fallen are listed in columns on the other three faces, with additional names inscribed on the block beneath.
A further inscription runs along the band around the top of the plinth. The west face states "I AM THE," followed by "RESURRECTION" on the south face, "AND THE LIFE" on the east face, and "ST JOHN XI.25" on the north face. Both the east and west faces of the band also feature a raised, leaded cross pattée symbol.
Local climate
First World War Memorial at the Church of St Mark, Kennington sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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