Gillingham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 2016. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.
Gillingham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- low-sill-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Gillingham and Rainham MP: Naushabah Khan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Gillingham War Memorial, Junction of Brompton Road and Mill Road, Kent, ME7 1HL
- OS grid reference
- TQ 769 686
- Coordinates
- 51.38967, 0.54199
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gillingham War Memorial is a tall, four-sided stone pylon erected in the 20th century to commemorate those who died in conflict. It stands on a two-stepped, square base, a two-stage square pedestal, and is set within a square paved area surrounded by a chain supported by low bollards.
The pylon has stepped detailing to the top and shallow cross forms on its front and rear faces. The front face features a carved roundel at the top depicting a low relief figure of Christ crucified, holding a torch in each hand and supported by two female figures on either side. Below this roundel is the inscription “TO THE / GLORIOUS MEMORY / OF THOSE / OF THIS BOROUGH / WHO LAID DOWN / THEIR LIVES FOR / KING & COUNTRY / IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914-1919 / AND / WORLD WAR / 1939-1945 / KOREAN WAR / 1950-1953.” The rear face has a similar roundel containing a carved laurel wreath and the inscription “1914 / 1919,” with the inscription below reading “AT THE GOING DOWN / OF THE SUN & IN THE / MORNING WE WILL / REMEMBER THEM.” A small rectangular stone vase on the base is inscribed with "THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM."
Two inscribed stones erected in 2013 stand to the north side of the memorial and are not included in this listing.
Local climate
Gillingham 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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- Sale history — 7 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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