Knowlton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 2023. Memorial.
Knowlton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-pavement-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dover
- Constituency
- Herne Bay and Sandwich MP: Sir Roger Gale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 April 2023
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Knowlton War Memorial, Sandwich Road, Cantebury, Goodnestone, CT3 1PT
- OS grid reference
- TR 274 536
- Coordinates
- 51.23631, 1.25759
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Knowlton War Memorial is a First World War memorial designed in 1915 and erected in Knowlton in 1919. It is made from Aberdeen granite and features a carved memorial styled as a medieval lantern cross. The tapered shaft of the cross is topped with an orb and crown, and below it are carvings depicting the winged figure of Victory, a soldier, a nurse, and a casualty. The cross is set on a square plinth with steps.
The front (north-west) face of the plinth is decorated with a wreath that contains relief-carved portraits of King George V and Queen Mary. The north-east face of the plinth has an inscription that reads: ‘ONE CROWDED HOUR OF GLORIOUS LIFE IS WORTH AN AGE WITHOUT A NAME/ THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED IN HONOUR OF THOSE TWELVE MEN OF KNOWLTON WHO OUT OF A TOTAL/ POPULATION OF 39 ENLISTED PRIOR TO MARCH 1915 AND BY THEIR PATRIOTIC ACTION WON/ THE WEEKLY DISPATCH “BRAVEST VILLAGE" COMPETITION’. Above this inscription, at the base of the shaft, is another inscription that states: ‘G. FRAMPTON/ 1915’.
On the south-west face of the plinth, there is an inscription that reads: ‘THOSE WHO SERVED WITH HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919’, followed by the names of 13 men who served in the First World War.
Local climate
Knowlton War Memorial receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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