Kingston Hill War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Kingston upon Thames local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 2017. A C20 War memorial. 2 related planning applications.
Kingston Hill War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- fossil-tower-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kingston upon Thames
- Constituency
- Richmond Park MP: Sarah Olney (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Kingston Hill War Memorial, St Paul's Church, Queen's Road, Surrey, KT2 7SF
- OS grid reference
- TQ 193 701
- Coordinates
- 51.4179, -0.28533
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Kingston Hill War Memorial is a Portland stone cross raised on a tall shaft, dating from the period after the World Wars. The base of the shaft is decorated with carvings of shields representing the Home Nations, and it widens outward onto a plinth with buttresses at each corner. The front face of the plinth features a partially eroded inscription reading, “May the Peace of God / rest upon the Men / & Women of this Parish and Church / who gave their lives / for their country / AD 1914 - 1918 / 1939 - 1945 / They counted not their / lives dear unto themselves.” The other three faces of the memorial list the names of those who died in conflict. Each buttress of the plinth is carved with regimental symbols and insignia. The plinth stands upon an octagonal platform, which is used to hold flower pots dedicated to individual soldiers who perished during the Second World War.
Local climate
Kingston Hill War 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 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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