Wittersham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 2014. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.
Wittersham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- gentle-column-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 2014
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- TQ 900 273
- Coordinates
- 51.01377, 0.70818
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wittersham War Memorial is a war memorial designed by Sir George Frampton R A, unveiled on 30 January 1921. It is made of Portland stone and is set on a base and steps of Wealden sandstone.
The monument has a T-shaped plan and stands 5 meters high and 3 meters wide. It features a tapering octagonal column with a moulded cornice and plinth, topped by a tasselled cushion and a crowned orb. The column is placed on a square two-stage pedestal, which sits on a wider moulded base with a shallow step below. This is further set on a shallow stepped square area paved with Wealden sandstone.
On the front, or north-west side, of the upper stage of the pedestal, there is a laurel wreath with the dates 1914-1919 and the inscription 'TO THOSE WHO DIED FOR US' below it. On the south-east side, there is a second identical wreath inscribed 'LEST WE FORGET', flanked by the dates 1939 and 1945. The names of 22 fallen soldiers along with their regiments are inscribed on three sides of the base of the pedestal. Attached to the north-west side are four shallow steps made of Wealden sandstone.
The memorial is located in an elliptical-shaped garden that includes a flowerbed and lawn.
Local climate
Wittersham War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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