War Memorial in the Grounds of Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 2005. War memorial.
War Memorial in the Grounds of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- still-outpost-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 March 2005
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial in the Grounds of Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Hill, High Halden
- OS grid reference
- TQ 901 372
- Coordinates
- 51.10292, 0.71447
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial, located in the grounds of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, was erected around 1920 by local stonemason Arthur Hilder of Tenterden. It is made of grey Cornish granite and takes the form of a Celtic cross, standing about six feet high. The memorial features a rough granite plinth, which is set on a square granite step. The side of the plinth facing the road is inscribed with the words: "TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE / MEN OF THE PARISH WHO GAVE / THEIR LIFE FOR KING AND COUNTRY / DURING THE WAR 1914-1918," followed by the names of those commemorated. Additionally, there is a supplementary tablet on a granite step that lists the names of those who fell in the Second World War. A faculty for the erection of this memorial was granted by the Diocese of Canterbury in February 1920. This memorial serves as a significant reminder of the impact of world events on the village and holds strong group value.
Local climate
War Memorial in the Grounds of Church of St Mary the Virgin 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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