War memorial cross at The King's School, Canterbury is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 May 2017. Memorial.

War memorial cross at The King's School, Canterbury

WRENN ID
bitter-spandrel-auburn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Canterbury
Constituency
Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 May 2017
Type
Memorial
Address
War memorial cross at The King's School, Canterbury, Memorial Court, Kent, CT1 2ES
OS grid reference
TR 151 580
Coordinates
51.2813, 1.08343
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Clipsham stone memorial cross is located on the southern side of the Memorial Court at The King's School in Canterbury, near the Grade I-listed Norman Staircase. This memorial stands approximately 7 meters tall and features an octagonal shaft that rests on a plinth and a three-stepped octagonal base. The school badge is carved into the head of the cross on the south-west side, while a reversed sword is depicted on the north-east side.

The drum-like plinth, which is also octagonal in shape, has a shallow circular top. An inscription carved in relief around this circular head reads, "LORD GOD OF HOSTS BE WITH US YET, LEST WE FORGET, LEST WE FORGET." Additional inscriptions on the base state, "OUR HELP/ STANDETH/ IN THE NAME/ OF THE LORD" and "IN PROUD AND THANKFUL/ MEMORY OF THE BOYS OF/ KING’S SCHOOL WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND/ COUNTRY 1914-1919." The face of the step below has been altered to include a later inscription that reads, "AND IN THE SECOND/ WORLD WAR 1939 1945."

Local climate

War memorial cross at The King's School, Canterbury sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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