Tenterden War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.
Tenterden War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-parapet-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Tenterden War Memorial, High Street, TN30 6LB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 881 331
- Coordinates
- 51.06722, 0.68444
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tenterden War Memorial is a First World War memorial designed by architect W. Wrigley Diggle of London and dedicated in 1920, with a dedication for the Second World War added later. It is made of Portland stone.
The memorial features a square-section shaft that stands on a square plinth, which is supported by four octagonal steps. At the top of the shaft is a stylised lantern, adorned with two lozenge-shaped panels that display the Arms of Tenterden and the Crest of the County of Kent in relief. Each face of the shaft includes panels that depict stylised spears pointing down toward the plinth.
On the front face of the square plinth, there is a panel featuring an angelic head with outstretched wings in relief, beneath which an inscription reads: ‘TO THE MEN OF TENTERDEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ DURING THE GREAT WARS/ LIVE THOU FOR ENGLAND/ WE FOR ENGLAND DIED’. The names and ranks of 83 fallen soldiers are inscribed on panels on the other three sides of the plinth, while the names and ranks of 26 fallen from the Second World War are inscribed on the same faces of the base of the plinth and the top step. The dates ‘1914-1919’ and ‘1939-1945’ are inscribed on opposing faces at the top of the plinth.
Local climate
Tenterden 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 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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- No EPC on record for this property
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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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