Crimean War Memorial Arch and Gates, Brompton Barracks is a Grade II* listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1998. Memorial arch.

Crimean War Memorial Arch and Gates, Brompton Barracks

WRENN ID
vacant-tower-foxglove
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Medway
Constituency
Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 July 1998
Type
Memorial arch
Address
Crimean War Memorial Arch and Gates, Brompton Barracks, Pasley Road
OS grid reference
TQ 763 690
Coordinates
51.39319, 0.53373
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Crimean War Memorial Arch and Gates, located at Brompton Barracks, was built in 1856 by Matthew Digby Wyatt. This memorial features a tripartite archway with keyed round arches, an enriched frieze, a cornice, and foliate brackets that flank a taller central arch topped with a raised inscribed parapet. The pilaster strips include inset inscribed panels and central roundels, while relief figures holding flags are positioned in the upper spandrels, and the soffits are coffered. The upper entablature bears the inscription UBIQUE, which is the motto of the Royal Engineers, along with QUO FASET ET GLORIA DUCUNT. The memorial also includes decorative bronze gates with wickets for the smaller arches. It is part of an axially-planned group that includes the Barracks, Institute, and the Boer War memorial arch.

Local climate

Crimean War Memorial Arch and Gates, Brompton Barracks 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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