Captain Eric Lubbock Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Bromley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 March 2018. Memorial. 2 related planning applications.
Captain Eric Lubbock Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tired-bailey-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bromley
- Constituency
- Orpington MP: Gareth Bacon (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 March 2018
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Captain Eric Lubbock Memorial, High Elms Country Park, Shire Lane, Orpington
- OS grid reference
- TQ 446 634
- Coordinates
- 51.35187, 0.07612
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Captain Eric Lubbock memorial is a First World War memorial located within the former walled kitchen garden, next to the northern boundary wall, in High Elms Country Park.
This memorial is made of Portland stone and is designed in the shape of a monoplane, featuring the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) roundel painted on the upper surface of each wing end. In the center of the wing, there is a circular recess intended to hold floral tributes. Behind this recess, an oval bronze plaque is attached at a raised angle to the fuselage of the plane. The plaque is adorned with palm branches at the bottom and the RFC badge at the top.
The main dedication is prominently displayed in raised lettering at the center of the plaque, which reads: CAPTAIN/ ERIC FOX PITT LUBBOCK/ R.F.C:M.C./ SON OF JOHN BARON AVEBURY/ AND ALICE HIS WIFE/ BORN/ 16 MAY 1893/ KILLED IN ACTION 11 MAR. 1917/ BURIED AT POPERINGHE/ BELGIUM. Additionally, there is an incised inscription around the inner edge of the plaque that states, BEING MADE PERFECT IN A LITTLE WHILE HE FULFILLED LONG YEARS.
Local climate
Captain Eric Lubbock Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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