Shepway Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1990. A C20 War memorial.
Shepway Cross
- WRENN ID
- frozen-truss-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Constituency
- Folkestone and Hythe MP: Tony Vaughan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1990
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Shepway Cross, Aldington Road, Lympne, CT21 4PN
- OS grid reference
- TR 125 349
- Coordinates
- 51.07489, 1.03268
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Shepway Cross is a war memorial erected in 1923, dedicated to the bravery of the men of the Cinque Ports. It is designed in the Perpendicular style and features an ashlar cross set on a four-step octagonal base. The octagonal tapering shaft is topped with a crucifix, depicting Christ flanked by the Virgin Mary and the Apostle John on one side, and the Virgin and Child on the other. The chamfered octagonal base displays four shields representing the towns of the Cinque Ports. Surrounding the monument is a low stone rubble wall with angled corners. The foundation stone was laid by William, the 7th Earl Beauchamp, who was also the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and an Admiral, in 1923. The cross was a gift from the Earl Beauchamp, situated on land donated by the owner of Lympne Castle.
Local climate
Shepway Cross receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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